Authenticator (Inrupt Java Client Library Documentation 1.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

OpenIdAuthenticationProvider.OpenIdAuthenticator
```
public interface Authenticator
```
An interface for handling authentication challenges.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CompletionStage<Credential>`	`authenticate(Session session, Request request, Set<String> algorithms)`	Perform an ansynchronous authentication process, resulting in an access token.
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the authenticator name (e.g.
`int`	`getPriority()`	Gets the priority of the authenticator.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Gets the authenticator name (e.g. UMA, OpenID).
    
    Returns:
    
    the name
  - getPriority
```
int getPriority()
```
    Gets the priority of the authenticator.
    
    Returns:
    
    the priority
  - authenticate
```
CompletionStage<Credential> authenticate(Session session,
                                         Request request,
                                         Set<String> algorithms)
```
    Perform an ansynchronous authentication process, resulting in an access token.
    
    Parameters:
    
    session - the client session
    
    request - the HTTP request
    
    algorithms - the supported DPoP algorithms
    
    Returns:
    
    the next stage of completion, containing the access token