Authentication (Jetty :: Project 9.4.56.v20240826 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Authentication.Challenge, Authentication.Deferred, Authentication.Failure, Authentication.LoginAuthentication, Authentication.LogoutAuthentication, Authentication.NonAuthenticated, Authentication.ResponseSent, Authentication.SendSuccess, Authentication.User, Authentication.Wrapped

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUserAuthentication, DeferredAuthentication, FormAuthenticator.FormAuthentication, LoggedOutAuthentication, OpenIdAuthenticator.OpenIdAuthentication, SessionAuthentication, UserAuthentication
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public interface Authentication
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The Authentication state of a request.
The Authentication state can be one of several sub-types that reflects where the request is in the many different authentication cycles. Authentication might not yet be checked or it might be checked and failed, checked and deferred or succeeded.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`Authentication.Challenge`	An Authentication Challenge has been sent.
`static interface`	`Authentication.Deferred`	A deferred authentication with methods to progress the authentication process.
`static class`	`Authentication.Failed`
`static interface`	`Authentication.Failure`	An Authentication Failure has been sent.
`static interface`	`Authentication.LoginAuthentication`	An authentication that is capable of performing a programmatic login operation.
`static interface`	`Authentication.LogoutAuthentication`	An authentication that is capable of performing a programmatic logout operation.
`static interface`	`Authentication.NonAuthenticated`	After a logout, the authentication reverts to a state where it is possible to programmatically log in again.
`static interface`	`Authentication.ResponseSent`	Authentication Response sent state.
`static interface`	`Authentication.SendSuccess`
`static interface`	`Authentication.User`	A successful Authentication with User information.
`static interface`	`Authentication.Wrapped`	A wrapped authentication with methods provide the wrapped request/response for use by the application

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static Authentication`	`NOT_CHECKED`	Authentication not checked
`static Authentication`	`SEND_CONTINUE`	Authentication challenge sent.
`static Authentication`	`SEND_FAILURE`	Authentication failure sent.
`static Authentication`	`SEND_SUCCESS`
`static Authentication`	`UNAUTHENTICATED`	Unauthenticated state.

- Field Detail
  - UNAUTHENTICATED
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static final Authentication UNAUTHENTICATED
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    Unauthenticated state.
    This convenience instance is for non mandatory authentication where credentials have been presented and checked, but failed authentication.
  - NOT_CHECKED
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static final Authentication NOT_CHECKED
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    Authentication not checked
    This convenience instance us for non mandatory authentication when no credentials are present to be checked.
  - SEND_CONTINUE
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static final Authentication SEND_CONTINUE
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    Authentication challenge sent.
    This convenience instance is for when an authentication challenge has been sent.
  - SEND_FAILURE
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static final Authentication SEND_FAILURE
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    Authentication failure sent.
    This convenience instance is for when an authentication failure has been sent.
  - SEND_SUCCESS
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static final Authentication SEND_SUCCESS
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