Package org.ldaptive.auth

Interface AuthenticationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthenticationHandler, AggregateAuthenticationHandler, CompareAuthenticationHandler, SimpleBindAuthenticationHandler

public interface AuthenticationHandler

Provides an interface for LDAP authentication implementations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuthenticationHandlerResponse	authenticate(AuthenticationCriteria criteria)	Perform an ldap authentication.

Method Details

authenticate

AuthenticationHandlerResponse authenticate(AuthenticationCriteria criteria)
                                    throws LdapException

Perform an ldap authentication.

Parameters:

criteria - to perform the authentication with

Returns:

authentication handler response

Throws:

LdapException - if ldap operation fails