org.fabric3.spi.security

Interface AuthenticationService

public interface AuthenticationService

Implemented by security providers that perform authentication.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.fabric3.api.SecuritySubject	authenticate(AuthenticationToken<?,?> token) Authenticates a user.

Method Detail

authenticate

org.fabric3.api.SecuritySubject authenticate(AuthenticationToken<?,?> token)
                                      throws AuthenticationException

Authenticates a user.

Parameters:

token - the authentication token

Returns:

the authenticated subject

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if the authentication attempt was unsuccessful. The exception will wrap an underlying cause typically thrown by the security provider.