AuthenticationProvider (Vert.x Stack - Docs 5.0.0.CR3 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChainAuth, HotpAuth, HtdigestAuth, HtpasswdAuth, JWTAuth, LdapAuthentication, MongoAuthentication, OAuth2Auth, PropertyFileAuthentication, SqlAuthentication, TotpAuth, WebAuthn4J
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public interface AuthenticationProvider
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User-facing interface for authenticating users.

Author:

Tim Fox

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Future<User> authenticate(Credentials credentials)
  Authenticate a user.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
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Future<User> authenticate(Credentials credentials)
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    Authenticate a user.
    The first argument is a Credentials object containing information for authenticating the user. What this actually contains depends on the specific implementation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credentials - The credentials
    
    Returns:
    
    The result future