Interface AuthenticationService<T,U>

Type Parameters:
T - the credentials type (e.g. a username/password record)
U - the subject (user) type
public interface AuthenticationService<T,U>
SPI contract for credential validation and subject loading.

Implementations must be registered in META-INF/services/com.svenruppert.jsentinel.authentication.AuthenticationService.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    checkCredentials(T credentials)
    Validates the given credentials.
    U
    loadSubject(T credentials)
    Loads the subject for the given (already validated) credentials.
    Class<U>
    subjectType()
    Returns the class token for the subject type.

  • Method Details

    • checkCredentials

      boolean checkCredentials(T credentials)
      Validates the given credentials.
      Parameters:
      credentials - the credentials to check
      Returns:
      true if the credentials are valid

    • loadSubject

      U loadSubject(T credentials)
      Loads the subject for the given (already validated) credentials.
      Parameters:
      credentials - the validated credentials
      Returns:
      the authenticated subject

    • subjectType

      Class<U> subjectType()
      Returns the class token for the subject type. Used by SubjectStore implementations to store and retrieve the subject.
      Returns:
      the subject class