Authenticator (pac4j core 4.0.0-RC2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProfileService, InMemoryProfileService, LocalCachingAuthenticator
```
public interface Authenticator<C extends Credentials>
```
An authenticator is responsible for validating Credentials and should throw a CredentialsException if the authentication fails.

Since:

1.7.0

Author:

Jerome Leleu

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void validate(C credentials, WebContext context)
  Validate the credentials.

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
void validate(C credentials,
              WebContext context)
```
    Validate the credentials. It should throw a CredentialsException in case of failure.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credentials - the given credentials
    
    context - the web context