Package com.mastfrog.acteur.auth

Interface Authenticator

public interface Authenticator

Author:

Tim Boudreau

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object[]	authenticate(String realm, com.mastfrog.acteur.header.entities.BasicCredentials credentials)	Handles authentication, saying yea or nay.

Method Details

authenticate

Object[] authenticate(String realm,
 com.mastfrog.acteur.header.entities.BasicCredentials credentials)
               throws IOException

Handles authentication, saying yea or nay.

Parameters:

realm - The Realm object used in authentication

credentials - The credentials

Returns:

An array of objects to inject into later acteurs if successful, null on failure

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong