Package org.opendaylight.aaa.api

Interface TokenAuth

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpBasicAuth

public interface TokenAuth

An interface for in-bound token authentication.

Author:

liemmn

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Authentication	validate(Map<String,List<String>> headers)	Validate the given token contained in the in-bound headers.

Method Details

validate

Authentication validate(Map<String,List<String>> headers)
                 throws AuthenticationException

Validate the given token contained in the in-bound headers.

If there is no token signature in the given headers for this implementation, this method should return a null. If there is an applicable token signature, but the token validation fails, this method should throw an AuthenticationException.

Parameters:

headers - headers containing token to validate

Returns:

authenticated context, or null if not applicable

Throws:

AuthenticationException - if authentication fails