AuthenticationManager (cas-server-core-api-authentication 6.1.0-RC6 API)

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 AuthenticationManager
```
Authenticates one or more credentials.

Since:

3.0.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
Authentication method attribute name.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Authentication`	`authenticate(AuthenticationTransaction authenticationTransaction)`	Authenticates the provided credentials.

- Field Detail
  - AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
static final java.lang.String AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
    Authentication method attribute name.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
Authentication authenticate(AuthenticationTransaction authenticationTransaction)
                     throws AuthenticationException
```
    Authenticates the provided credentials. On success, an Authentication object is returned containing metadata about the result of each authenticated credential. Note that a particular implementation may require some or all credentials to be successfully authenticated. Failure to authenticate is considered an exceptional case, and an AuthenticationException is thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    authenticationTransaction - Process a single authentication transaction
    
    Returns:
    
    Authentication object on success that contains metadata about credentials that were authenticated.
    
    Throws:
    
    AuthenticationException - On authentication failure. The exception contains details on each of the credentials that failed to authenticate.