net.craftforge.essential.controller.handlers
Interface AuthenticationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockAuthenticationHandler

public interface AuthenticationHandler

An authentication handler authenticates a request using the request setup. An implementation may for example compare the authorization header contents with credentials from a database.

Since:

22.05.2011

Author:

Christian Bick

Method Summary

boolean

authenticate(Setup setup) Authenticates a requester using the request setup.

Method Detail

authenticate

boolean authenticate(Setup setup)

Authenticates a requester using the request setup.

Parameters:

setup - The request setup

Returns:

whether the requester could be authenticated or not