com.sap.cds.services.authentication

Interface AuthenticationInfo

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthenticationInfo, JwtTokenAuthenticationInfo, JwtTokenWithForwardJwtAuthenticationInfo

public interface AuthenticationInfo

The AuthenticationInfo provides access to the authorization of the current request. Usually UserInfoProvider react on a specific AuthenticationInfo implementations to extract user (principal) information from the authentication. The AuthenticationInfo can also be used to enable principal propagation of the current user in the request to a different service, as it provides access to the original authentication.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default <T extends AuthenticationInfo> T	as(Class<T> clazz) Can be used to cast the AuthenticationInfo to a specific implementation: - BasicAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenWithForwardJwtAuthenticationInfo
default boolean	is(Class<? extends AuthenticationInfo> clazz) Can be used to check if an AuthenticationInfo is an instance of the common AuthenticationInfo implementations: - BasicAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenWithForwardJwtAuthenticationInfo

Method Detail

is

default boolean is(Class<? extends AuthenticationInfo> clazz)

Can be used to check if an AuthenticationInfo is an instance of the common AuthenticationInfo implementations: - BasicAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenWithForwardJwtAuthenticationInfo

Parameters:

clazz - the class to check the instance against

Returns:

true, if the AuthenticationInfo is of an instance of clazz

as

default <T extends AuthenticationInfo> T as(Class<T> clazz)

Can be used to cast the AuthenticationInfo to a specific implementation: - BasicAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenAuthenticationInfo - JwtTokenWithForwardJwtAuthenticationInfo

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the class

Parameters:

clazz - the class to cast the instance to

Returns:

the instance casted to type T