CredentialAuth (aaa-docs 0.13.3 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PasswordCredentialAuth

All Known Implementing Classes:

IdmLightProxy, OSGIIdmLightProxy
```
public interface CredentialAuth<T extends Credentials>
```
An interface for direct authentication with some given credentials. Note this interface is not type-safe.

Author:

liemmn

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Claim`	`authenticate(T cred)`	Authenticate a claim with the given credentials and domain scope.
`@NonNull Class<T>`	`credentialClass()`	Return the credential class that is required by this services.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
Claim authenticate(T cred)
            throws AuthenticationException
```
    Authenticate a claim with the given credentials and domain scope.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cred - credentials
    
    Returns:
    
    authenticated claim
    
    Throws:
    
    AuthenticationException - if failed authentication
    
    NullPointerException - if credentials are null
  - credentialClass
```
@NonNull Class<T> credentialClass()
```
    Return the credential class that is required by this services. This acts as a type check allowing discovery of the type at runtime.
    Note: this method should be defined in subclasses specializations for a particular credential class as a default (in case of an interface) or a final (in case of a class) method.
    
    Returns:
    
    Required credential class