User-facing interface for authenticating users.
AnythingObjectAuthProviderBasicIdentifiableObjectAnythingAuthProviderJDBCAuthJWTAuthOAuth2AuthShiroAuth| Initializer |
AuthProvider(AuthProvider unknown) |
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Attributes inherited from: Objecthash, string |
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authenticate | shared default void authenticate(Object authInfo, Anything(Throwable|User) resultHandler)Authenticate a user. The first argument is a JSON object containing information for authenticating the user. What this actually contains depends on the specific implementation. In the case of a simple username/password based authentication it is likely to contain a JSON object with the following structure:
{
"username": "tim",
"password": "mypassword"
}
For other types of authentication it contain different information - for example a JWT token or OAuth bearer token. If the user is successfully authenticated a User object is passed to the handler in an async result. The user object can then be used for authorisation. Parameters:
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Methods inherited from: Objectequals |