Module io.helidon.security

Package io.helidon.security.spi

Interface AuthenticationProvider

All Superinterfaces:

SecurityProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

GoogleTokenProvider, HeaderAtnProvider, HttpBasicAuthProvider, HttpDigestAuthProvider, HttpSignProvider, JwtAuthProvider, JwtProvider, OidcProvider

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface AuthenticationProvider
extends SecurityProvider

Authentication security provider. Expected to authenticate the request and provide a Subject to the security component, that would be available through SecurityContext.

See Also:

• SecurityProvider.supportedAnnotations()
• SecurityProvider.supportedCustomObjects()
• SecurityProvider.supportedConfigKeys()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuthenticationResponse	authenticate(ProviderRequest providerRequest)	Authenticate a request.

Methods inherited from interface io.helidon.security.spi.SecurityProvider

supportedAnnotations, supportedAttributes, supportedConfigKeys, supportedCustomObjects

Method Details

authenticate

AuthenticationResponse authenticate(ProviderRequest providerRequest)

Authenticate a request. This may be just resolving headers (tokens) or full authentication (basic auth). Do not throw exception for normal processing (e.g. invalid credentials; you may throw an exception in case of misconfiguration). This method will be invoked for inbound requests ONLY.

This method must provide either a Principal or a whole Subject either for a user or for service (or both).

Parameters:

providerRequest - context of this security enforcement/validation

Returns:

response that either authenticates the request, fails authentication or abstains from authentication

See Also:

• AuthenticationResponse.success(Subject)