Validator (Apache WSS4J DOM WS-Security 3.0.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAASUsernameTokenValidator, KerberosTokenValidator, NoOpValidator, SamlAssertionValidator, SignatureTrustValidator, TimestampValidator, UsernameTokenValidator
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public interface Validator
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This interface describes a pluggable way of validating credentials that have been extracted by the processors.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Credential`	`validate(Credential credential, RequestData data)`	Validate the credential argument.

- Method Detail
  - validate
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Credential validate(Credential credential,
                    RequestData data)
             throws WSSecurityException
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    Validate the credential argument. This method returns a Credential instance that represents the validated credential. This instance can be the same as the instance that was validated, or it can represent some transformation of the initial Credential instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credential - the Credential to be validated
    
    data - the RequestData associated with the request
    
    Returns:
    
    a validated Credential
    
    Throws:
    
    WSSecurityException - on a failed validation