Package com.mastfrog.acteur.auth

Interface AsyncAuthenticator<T>

public interface AsyncAuthenticator<T>
Asynchronous authenticator.
Author:
Tim Boudreau

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    EnhCompletionStage<AuthenticationResult<T>>
    authenticate(com.mastfrog.acteur.util.RequestID rid, HttpEvent evt, String token)
    Authenticate a request, returning a completion stage which will resume the acteur chain when completed.
    Class<T>
    type()
    The type of the user object that will be inside the authentication result
    default String
    validate(HttpEvent evt, String token)
    Validate an incoming authenticated request.

  • Method Details

    • validate

      default String validate(HttpEvent evt, String token)
      Validate an incoming authenticated request. This is called synchronously before attempting asynchronous authentication, in order to reject requests that are obviously invalid.
      Parameters:
      evt - The event
      token - The token (the substring of the header after 'bearer ').
      Returns:
      An error string if validation fails

    • authenticate

      EnhCompletionStage<AuthenticationResult<T>> authenticate(com.mastfrog.acteur.util.RequestID rid, HttpEvent evt, String token)
      Authenticate a request, returning a completion stage which will resume the acteur chain when completed.
      Parameters:
      rid - The request id
      evt - The event
      token - The token from the authorization header
      Returns:
      A completable future

    • type

      Class<T> type()
      The type of the user object that will be inside the authentication result
      Returns:
      A type