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<h2 title="Enum AuthenticationStatus" class="title">Enum AuthenticationStatus</h2>
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<pre>public enum <span class="typeNameLabel">AuthenticationStatus</span>
extends java.lang.Enum&lt;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a>&gt;</pre>
<div class="block">The AuthenticationStatus is used as a return value by primarily
the <a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/authentication/mechanism/http/HttpAuthenticationMechanism.html" title="interface in jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http"><code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism</code></a> to indicate the result (status)
of the authentication process.
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For the result from <a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/authentication/mechanism/http/HttpAuthenticationMechanism.html#validateRequest-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.HttpMessageContext-"><code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism.validateRequest(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.HttpMessageContext)</code></a>
an AuthenticationStatus must be transformed by the Jakarta EE server into the corresponding Jakarta Authentication <code>AuthStatus</code>
according to the following rules:
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<li> AuthenticationStatus.NOT_DONE to AuthStatus.SUCCESS </li>
<li> AuthenticationStatus.SEND_CONTINUE to AuthStatus.SEND_CONTINUE </li>
<li> AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS to AuthStatus.SUCCESS </li>
<li> AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE to AuthStatus.SEND_FAILURE </li>
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After the transformation as outlined above the transformed result has to be processed by the Jakarta EE server as
specified by the Servlet Container Profile of the Jakarta Authentication spec.
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<b>Implementation note:</b> while the Jakarta Authentication Servlet Container Profile is the authoritative
source on how to process the <code>AuthStatus.SUCCESS</code> result and this specification puts no constraints
of any kind on that, the expectation is that Jakarta EE servers in practice will mainly look at the
result being <code>AuthStatus.SUCCESS</code> or not <code>AuthStatus.SUCCESS</code>. Simply said, if the result is
<code>AuthStatus.SUCCESS</code> the authenticated identity (if any) must be set (established) for the current HTTP request,
otherwise not.
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The return value of <a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/SecurityContext.html#authenticate-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.AuthenticationParameters-"><code>SecurityContext.authenticate(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse, jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.AuthenticationParameters)</code></a>
, which is also of type AuthenticationStatus, strongly relates to the outcome of the <code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism#validateRequest</code>
method as described above, but must be transformed by the Jakarta EE server from the corresponding outcome of the
<a href="../../../jakarta/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest.html#authenticate-jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-"><code>HttpServletRequest.authenticate(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)</code></a> call as follows:
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<li> <code>true</code> to <code>AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS</code> </li>
<li> <code>false</code> to <code>[last status]</code> (see below) </li>
<li> <code>ServletException</code> or <code>IOException</code> to <code>AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE</code> </li>
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When an <code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism</code> was used <code>[last status]</code> must be
the value returned by <code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism#validateRequest</code>.
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When a Jakarta Authentication ServerAuthModule (SAM) was used and an <code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism</code>
was <em>not</em> used Jakarta EE servers are encouraged, but not required, to set <code>[last status]</code>
to the value returned by <code>ServerAuthModule#validateRequest</code> transformed as follows:
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<li> AuthStatus.SEND_CONTINUE to AuthenticationStatus.SEND_CONTINUE </li>
<li> AuthStatus.SUCCESS to AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS </li>
<li> AuthStatus.SEND_FAILURE to AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE </li>
<li> (all other outcomes) to AuthenticationStatus.NOT_DONE </li>
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When a Jakarta EE Server proprietary identity store equivalent was used and an
<code>HttpAuthenticationMechanism</code> was <em>not</em> used
Jakarta EE servers are encouraged, but not required, to set <code>[last status]</code> to a value
that logically corresponds to the description of each enum constant of AuthenticationStatus. This outcome
should never be depended on by application code as being portable.
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Application code calling <code>SecurityContext#authenticate</code> is expected to act on all possible
values of AuthenticationStatus.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html#NOT_DONE">NOT_DONE</a></span></code>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called, but decided not to authenticate.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html#SEND_CONTINUE">SEND_CONTINUE</a></span></code>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called and a multi-step authentication dialog with the caller
has been started (for instance, the caller has been redirected to a login page).</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html#SEND_FAILURE">SEND_FAILURE</a></span></code>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called but the caller was <em>not</em> successfully authenticated and
therefore the caller principal will not be made available.</div>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html#SUCCESS">SUCCESS</a></span></code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a>[]</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html#values--">values</a></span>()</code>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a> NOT_DONE</pre>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called, but decided not to authenticate.
This status would be typically returned in pre-emptive security; the authentication
mechanism is called, but authentication is optional and would only take place when for
instance a specific request header is present.</div>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a> SEND_CONTINUE</pre>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called and a multi-step authentication dialog with the caller
has been started (for instance, the caller has been redirected to a login page). Simply said
authentication is "in progress". Calling application code (if any) should not write to the response
when this status is received.</div>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a> SUCCESS</pre>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called and the caller was successfully authenticated. After the
Jakarta EE server has processed this outcome, the caller principal is available.</div>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a> SEND_FAILURE</pre>
<div class="block">The authentication mechanism was called but the caller was <em>not</em> successfully authenticated and
therefore the caller principal will not be made available.
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Note that this status should be used to indicate a logical problem (such as a credential not matching or a caller
ID that can not be found). Exceptions should be used for system level problems (such as a database connection timing out).</div>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a>[]&nbsp;values()</pre>
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for (AuthenticationStatus c : AuthenticationStatus.values())
&nbsp; System.out.println(c);
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../jakarta/security/enterprise/AuthenticationStatus.html" title="enum in jakarta.security.enterprise">AuthenticationStatus</a>&nbsp;valueOf(java.lang.String&nbsp;name)</pre>
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