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Interface IAuthenticationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardAuthenticationHandler

public interface IAuthenticationHandler

The authentication strategy.

In the default implementation the ISecurityHandler delegates authentication to this implementation to allow for flexible embedding. The authentication strategy can be plugged in by exchanging the IAuthenticationHandlerFactory that is retrieved via AuthenticationHandlerFactory.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	authenticate(ISecurityHandler securityHandler) Authenticate document usage on behalf of the ISecurityHandler.

Method Detail

authenticate

void authenticate(ISecurityHandler securityHandler)
                  throws COSSecurityException

Authenticate document usage on behalf of the ISecurityHandler.

Parameters:

securityHandler - The ISecurityHandler active for the document.

Throws:

COSSecurityException