org.forgerock.opendj.rest2ldap.authz

Interface AuthenticationStrategy

public interface AuthenticationStrategy

Authenticate a user and create a SecurityContext as a result.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.forgerock.util.promise.Promise<org.forgerock.services.context.SecurityContext,org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.LdapException>	authenticate(String username, String password, org.forgerock.services.context.Context parentContext) Authenticate a user.

Method Detail

authenticate

org.forgerock.util.promise.Promise<org.forgerock.services.context.SecurityContext,org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.LdapException> authenticate(String username,
                                                                                                                                        String password,
                                                                                                                                        org.forgerock.services.context.Context parentContext)

Authenticate a user.

Parameters:

username - User to authenticate.

password - Password used to perform the authentication.

parentContext - Context to use as parent for the created SecurityContext

Returns:

A Context if the authentication succeed or an LdapException otherwise.