Package com.inrupt.client.auth

Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

OpenIdAuthenticationProvider.OpenIdAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

An interface for handling authentication challenges.

Method Summary

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 Details

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