AuthenticationService (aaa-docs 0.13.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationManager
```
public interface AuthenticationService
```
Authentication service to provide authentication context.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	Clear the current security context.
`Authentication`	`get()`	Retrieve the current security context, or null if none exists.
`boolean`	`isAuthEnabled()`	Checks to see if authentication is enabled.
`void`	`set(Authentication auth)`	Set the current security context.

- Method Detail
  - get
```
Authentication get()
```
    Retrieve the current security context, or null if none exists.
    
    Returns:
    
    security context
  - set
```
void set(Authentication auth)
```
    Set the current security context. Only TokenAuth should set security context based on the authentication result.
    
    Parameters:
    
    auth - security context
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    Clear the current security context.
  - isAuthEnabled
```
boolean isAuthEnabled()
```
    Checks to see if authentication is enabled.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it is, false otherwise