Package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.authentication.credentials

Interface CredentialsSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:
CompositeCredentialsSupport, SimpleCredentialsSupport
public interface CredentialsSupport
Simple helper interface that allows to easily plug support for additional or custom Credentials implementations during authentication.
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  • Method Details

    • getCredentialClasses

      @NotNull @NotNull Set<Class> getCredentialClasses()
      Returns all credentials classes supported by this implementation.
      Returns:
      the supported credentials classes.

    • getUserId

      @Nullable @Nullable String getUserId(@NotNull @NotNull Credentials credentials)
      Retrieves the user identifier from the specified Credentials. If the specified credentials are not supported or don't contain any user id information this method will return null.
      Parameters:
      credentials - The credentials as passed to the repository login.
      Returns:
      The user id present in the given Credentials or null.

    • getAttributes

      @NotNull @NotNull Map<String,?> getAttributes(@NotNull @NotNull Credentials credentials)
      Obtains the attributes as present with the specified Credentials. If the specified credentials are not supported or don't contain any attributes this method will return an empty Map.
      Parameters:
      credentials - The credentials as passed to the repository login.
      Returns:
      The credential attributes or an empty Map.

    • setAttributes

      boolean setAttributes(@NotNull @NotNull Credentials credentials, @NotNull @NotNull Map<String,?> attributes)
      Writes the attributes to the specified Credentials. If the specified credentials are not supported or doesn't allow to write attributes this method will return false.
      Parameters:
      credentials - The credentials as passed to the repository login.
      attributes - The attributes to be written to the given credentials.
      Returns:
      true, if the attributes were set; false otherwise.