com.adobe.granite.auth.oauth

Interface CredentialsValidator

@ConsumerType
public interface CredentialsValidator

This interface is intended to be implemented by an application which wants to customize the validation of the users based on their credential.

A CredentialsValidator is passed to Provider providers if Provider.getId() equals getId() or getId() is equals to ALL_ID-

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ALL_ID Id used to register a validator to all providers
static java.lang.String	FAILED_VALIDATION_REASON Credentials Attribute Id used to store the reason why it is not considered valid

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getId() Provider identifier used to map this credential validator to it.
boolean	validate(AbstractCredentials credentials) Check the validity of a user credential.

Field Detail

ALL_ID

static final java.lang.String ALL_ID

Id used to register a validator to all providers

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Constant Field Values

FAILED_VALIDATION_REASON

static final java.lang.String FAILED_VALIDATION_REASON

Credentials Attribute Id used to store the reason why it is not considered valid

Method Detail

validate

boolean validate(AbstractCredentials credentials)
          throws javax.security.auth.login.LoginException

Check the validity of a user credential. If the user credential is not valid, an optional credential attribute is stored with key @{code

Parameters:

credentials - the non null credential

Returns:

true if the credential is valid ; false otherwise

Throws:

javax.security.auth.login.LoginException - if the user could not be authenticated

getId

java.lang.String getId()

Provider identifier used to map this credential validator to it.

Returns:

the provider identifier to map this credentials validator to it or ALL_ID if applies to every provider.