Package com.sas.services.security

Interface AuthenticatorInterface

public interface AuthenticatorInterface

Interface for a class to handle authenticating a user identity.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	authenticate(UserContextInterface user, UserIdentityInterface identity, Map options)	Authenticates a user identity.

Method Details

authenticate

boolean authenticate(UserContextInterface user,
 UserIdentityInterface identity,
 Map options)

Authenticates a user identity.

Parameters:

user - The user context that owns the identity.

identity - The identity to authenticate.

options - Additional options for the authentication process (this may include a host and port for an authentication server and other information).

Returns:

true if the authentication was successful, false otherwise.