org.ldaptive.auth
Interface AuthenticationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthenticationHandler, AbstractBindAuthenticationHandler, AbstractCompareAuthenticationHandler, AggregateDnResolver.AuthenticationHandler, BindAuthenticationHandler, CompareAuthenticationHandler, PooledBindAuthenticationHandler, PooledCompareAuthenticationHandler

public interface AuthenticationHandler

Provides an interface for LDAP authentication implementations.

Version:

$Revision: 2885 $ $Date: 2014-02-05 16:28:49 -0500 (Wed, 05 Feb 2014) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

AuthenticationHandlerResponse

authenticate(AuthenticationCriteria criteria) Perform an ldap authentication.

Method Detail

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