org.apache.cassandra.auth

Interface ISaslAwareAuthenticator

All Superinterfaces:

IAuthenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordAuthenticator

public interface ISaslAwareAuthenticator
extends IAuthenticator

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	ISaslAwareAuthenticator.SaslAuthenticator

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.cassandra.auth.IAuthenticator

IAuthenticator.Option

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.cassandra.auth.IAuthenticator

PASSWORD_KEY, USERNAME_KEY

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ISaslAwareAuthenticator.SaslAuthenticator	newAuthenticator() Provide a SaslAuthenticator to be used by the CQL binary protocol server.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.cassandra.auth.IAuthenticator

alter, alterableOptions, authenticate, create, drop, protectedResources, requireAuthentication, setup, supportedOptions, validateConfiguration

Method Detail

newAuthenticator

ISaslAwareAuthenticator.SaslAuthenticator newAuthenticator()

Provide a SaslAuthenticator to be used by the CQL binary protocol server. If the configured IAuthenticator requires authentication but does not implement this interface we refuse to start the binary protocol server as it will have no way of authenticating clients.

Returns:

SaslAuthenticator implementation (see PasswordAuthenticator.PlainTextSaslAuthenticator)