public interface Authenticator
This service should be exposed by a user manager framework implementation.
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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Principal |
authenticate(String name,
String password)
Get a principal object for the given username if the username / password pair is valid, otherwise returns null.
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boolean |
checkUsernamePassword(String name,
String password)
Check the password for the given username.
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Principal authenticate(String name, String password)
This method is doing the authentication of the given username / password pair and returns the corresponding principal object if authentication succeeded otherwise returns null.
name
- password
- boolean checkUsernamePassword(String name, String password)
name
- the usernamepassword
- the password to checkCopyright © 2017 Nuxeo. All rights reserved.