org.neo4j.bolt.security.auth

Interface Authentication

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthentication

public interface Authentication

Authenticate a given token.

The provided token must contain the following items:

• scheme: a string defining the authentication scheme.
• principal: The security principal, the format of the value depends on the authentication scheme.
• credentials: The credentials corresponding to the principal, the format of the value depends on the authentication scheme.

For updating the credentials the new credentials is supplied with the key new_credentials.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AuthenticationResult	authenticate(Map<String,Object> authToken) Authenticate the provided token.

Method Detail

authenticate

AuthenticationResult authenticate(Map<String,Object> authToken)
                           throws AuthenticationException

Authenticate the provided token.

Parameters:

authToken - The token to be authenticated.

Throws:

AuthenticationException - If authentication failed.