org.apereo.cas.authentication

Interface Authentication

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAuthentication

public interface Authentication
extends java.io.Serializable

The Authentication object represents a successful authentication request. It contains the principal that the authentication request was made for as well as the additional meta information such as the authenticated date and a map of attributes.

An Authentication object must be serializable to permit persistence and clustering.

Implementing classes must take care to ensure that the Map returned by getAttributes is serializable by using a Serializable map such as HashMap.

Since:

3.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getAttributes() Attributes of the authentication (not the Principal).
java.time.ZonedDateTime	getAuthenticationDate() Method to retrieve the timestamp of when this Authentication object was created.
java.util.List<CredentialMetaData>	getCredentials() Gets a list of metadata about the credentials supplied at authentication time.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Exception>>	getFailures() Gets a map describing failed authentications.
Principal	getPrincipal() Method to obtain the Principal.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,HandlerResult>	getSuccesses() Gets a map describing successful authentications produced by AuthenticationHandler components.
void	update(Authentication authn) Updates the authentication object with what's passed.
void	updateAll(Authentication authn) Updates the authentication object with what's passed.

Method Detail

getPrincipal

Principal getPrincipal()

Method to obtain the Principal.

Returns:

a Principal implementation

getAuthenticationDate

java.time.ZonedDateTime getAuthenticationDate()

Method to retrieve the timestamp of when this Authentication object was created.

Returns:

the date/time the authentication occurred.

getAttributes

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getAttributes()

Attributes of the authentication (not the Principal).

Returns:

the map of attributes.

getCredentials

java.util.List<CredentialMetaData> getCredentials()

Gets a list of metadata about the credentials supplied at authentication time.

Returns:

Non -null list of supplied credentials represented as metadata that should be considered safe for long-term storage (e.g. serializable and secure with respect to credential disclosure). The order of items in the returned list SHOULD be the same as the order in which the source credentials were presented and subsequently processed.

getSuccesses

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,HandlerResult> getSuccesses()

Gets a map describing successful authentications produced by AuthenticationHandler components.

Returns:

Map of handler names to successful authentication result produced by that handler.

getFailures

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Exception>> getFailures()

Gets a map describing failed authentications. By definition the failures here were not sufficient to prevent authentication.

Returns:

Map of authentication handler names to the authentication errors produced on attempted authentication.

update

void update(Authentication authn)

Updates the authentication object with what's passed. Does not override current keys if there are clashes

Parameters:

authn - the authn object

updateAll

void updateAll(Authentication authn)

Updates the authentication object with what's passed. Does override current keys if there are clashes. Clears the existing attributes and starts over.

Parameters:

authn - the authn object