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<pre><span class="sourceLineNo">001</span><a id="line.1">/*</a>
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<span class="sourceLineNo">019</span><a id="line.19">package org.apache.shiro.authc;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">020</span><a id="line.20"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">021</span><a id="line.21">/**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">022</span><a id="line.22"> * An Authenticator is responsible for authenticating accounts in an application. It</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">023</span><a id="line.23"> * is one of the primary entry points into the Shiro API.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">024</span><a id="line.24"> * &lt;p/&gt;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">025</span><a id="line.25"> * Although not a requirement, there is usually a single 'master' Authenticator configured for</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">026</span><a id="line.26"> * an application. Enabling Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) behavior</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">027</span><a id="line.27"> * (Two Phase Commit, etc.) is usually achieved by the single {@code Authenticator} coordinating</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">028</span><a id="line.28"> * and interacting with an application-configured set of {@link org.apache.shiro.realm.Realm Realm}s.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">029</span><a id="line.29"> * &lt;p/&gt;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">030</span><a id="line.30"> * Note that most Shiro users will not interact with an {@code Authenticator} instance directly.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">031</span><a id="line.31"> * Shiro's default architecture is based on an overall {@code SecurityManager} which typically</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">032</span><a id="line.32"> * wraps an {@code Authenticator} instance.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">033</span><a id="line.33"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">034</span><a id="line.34"> * @see org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">035</span><a id="line.35"> * @see AbstractAuthenticator AbstractAuthenticator</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">036</span><a id="line.36"> * @see org.apache.shiro.authc.pam.ModularRealmAuthenticator ModularRealmAuthenticator</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">037</span><a id="line.37"> * @since 0.1</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">038</span><a id="line.38"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">039</span><a id="line.39">public interface Authenticator {</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">040</span><a id="line.40"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">041</span><a id="line.41"> /**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">042</span><a id="line.42"> * Authenticates a user based on the submitted {@code AuthenticationToken}.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">043</span><a id="line.43"> * &lt;p/&gt;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">044</span><a id="line.44"> * If the authentication is successful, an {@link AuthenticationInfo} instance is returned that represents the</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">045</span><a id="line.45"> * user's account data relevant to Shiro. This returned object is generally used in turn to construct a</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">046</span><a id="line.46"> * {@code Subject} representing a more complete security-specific 'view' of an account that also allows access to</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">047</span><a id="line.47"> * a {@code Session}.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">048</span><a id="line.48"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">049</span><a id="line.49"> * @param authenticationToken any representation of a user's principals and credentials submitted during an</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">050</span><a id="line.50"> * authentication attempt.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">051</span><a id="line.51"> * @return the AuthenticationInfo representing the authenticating user's account data.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">052</span><a id="line.52"> * @throws AuthenticationException if there is any problem during the authentication process.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">053</span><a id="line.53"> * See the specific exceptions listed below to as examples of what could happen</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">054</span><a id="line.54"> * in order to accurately handle these problems and to notify the user in an</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">055</span><a id="line.55"> * appropriate manner why the authentication attempt failed. Realize an</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">056</span><a id="line.56"> * implementation of this interface may or may not throw those listed or may</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">057</span><a id="line.57"> * throw other AuthenticationExceptions, but the list shows the most common ones.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">058</span><a id="line.58"> * @see ExpiredCredentialsException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">059</span><a id="line.59"> * @see IncorrectCredentialsException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">060</span><a id="line.60"> * @see ExcessiveAttemptsException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">061</span><a id="line.61"> * @see LockedAccountException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">062</span><a id="line.62"> * @see ConcurrentAccessException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">063</span><a id="line.63"> * @see UnknownAccountException</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">064</span><a id="line.64"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">065</span><a id="line.65"> public AuthenticationInfo authenticate(AuthenticationToken authenticationToken)</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">066</span><a id="line.66"> throws AuthenticationException;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">067</span><a id="line.67">}</a>
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