Package com.atlassian.crowd.service.authentication

Interface ApplicationAuthenticationService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationAuthenticationServiceImpl

public interface ApplicationAuthenticationService

Service for creating persistent sessions for specified users in the specified application. When creating sessions for Crowd users CrowdApplicationAuthenticationService can be used for added convenience.

Since:

7.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuthenticationToken	authenticate(Application application, String username, List<ValidationFactor> validationFactors)	Authenticates the user to the specified application.

Method Details

authenticate

@Nonnull
AuthenticationToken authenticate(@Nonnull
 Application application,
 @Nonnull
 String username,
 @Nullable
 List<ValidationFactor> validationFactors)
                          throws ApplicationAccessDeniedException,
OperationFailedException,
InactiveAccountException,
InvalidAuthenticationException

Authenticates the user to the specified application. This method will result in generating a session token, which can be used to access the specified application. The user's credentials will not be verified - it is the caller's responsibility to ensure the user can authenticate.

Parameters:

application - the application for which the token should be created

username - the name of the user who should be treated as authenticated

validationFactors - validation factors to use when generating the token

Throws:

InvalidAuthenticationException - if the authentication was not successful.

OperationFailedException - if the error was thrown by directory implementation when attempting to find or authenticate the user.

InactiveAccountException - if the user account is inactive.

ApplicationAccessDeniedException - if the user does not have access to authenticate with the Crowd application.