com.rexsl.page.auth

Interface Provider

All Known Implementing Classes:

Facebook, Github, Google, HttpBasic, Provider.Always

public interface Provider

Authentication provider.

Since:

0.4.8

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Yegor Bugayenko (yegor@tpc2.com)

See Also:

OAuth in RESTful Interfaces

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Provider.Always Always returns the same identity (mostly used for unit testing).
static interface	Provider.Redirect Annotates a provider that requires redirecting right after authentication.
static interface	Provider.Visible Visible provider, for end-user.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Identity	identity() Get user's identity or Identity.ANONYMOUS if can't authenticate.

Method Detail

identity

Identity identity()
                  throws IOException

Get user's identity or Identity.ANONYMOUS if can't authenticate.

Returns:

Identity authenticated (or Identity.ANONYMOUS)

Throws:

IOException - If failed for some exceptional reason