com.vmware.vapi.security

Interface AuthenticationHandler

public interface AuthenticationHandler

Implementations of this interface should be able to verify the authentication data provided in the security context against an identity source.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	AuthenticationHandler.AuthenticationResult Implementations of this class will contain the needed authentication result on a successful authentication.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	authenticate(ExecutionContext.SecurityContext ctx, AsyncHandle<AuthenticationHandler.AuthenticationResult> asyncHandle) Verifies the provided authentication data against the relevant identity source.
List<String>	supportedAuthenticationSchemes()

Method Detail

authenticate

void authenticate(ExecutionContext.SecurityContext ctx,
                  AsyncHandle<AuthenticationHandler.AuthenticationResult> asyncHandle)

Verifies the provided authentication data against the relevant identity source.

Parameters:

ctx - the ExecutionContext.SecurityContext which carries the authentication data. Cannot be null.

asyncHandle - Cannot be null

supportedAuthenticationSchemes

List<String> supportedAuthenticationSchemes()

Returns:

list of the supported authentication scheme by this handler. A list of the standard authentication schemes can be found at StdSecuritySchemes. Cannot be null or empty.