RequestAuthenticator (Okta Commons :: HTTP :: API 1.2.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DisabledAuthenticator
```
public interface RequestAuthenticator
```
Interface to be implemented by HTTP authentication schemes. Such scheme defines the way the communication with the Okta API server will be authenticated.

Since:

0.5.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`authenticate(Request request)`	Implementations of this operation will prepare the authentication information as expected by the Okta API server.

- Field Detail
  - AUTHORIZATION_HEADER
```
static final java.lang.String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
void authenticate(Request request)
           throws RequestAuthenticationException
```
    Implementations of this operation will prepare the authentication information as expected by the Okta API server.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - the request that will be sent to Okta API server, it shall be modified by the implementating classes in order to insert here the authentication information
    
    Throws:
    
    RequestAuthenticationException - when the authentication request cannot be created