Interface TokenAuthenticator

public interface TokenAuthenticator
TokenAuthenticator is used to authenticate a user sending servlet requests to a service via token. It produces a TokenAuthenticationResult. The result contains the necessary information to perform container specific authentication.
See JettyTokenAuthenticator in the java-security-test library on how this is used with jetty to perform authentication.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    TokenAuthenticationResult
    validateRequest(jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest request, jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse response)
    Performs the authentication for the given request.

  • Method Details

    • validateRequest

      TokenAuthenticationResult validateRequest(jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest request, jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse response)
      Performs the authentication for the given request.
      Parameters:
      request - servlet request.
      response - servlet response.
      Returns:
      a TokenAuthenticationResult.