org.uberfire.java.nio.security

Interface FileSystemAuthenticator

public interface FileSystemAuthenticator

Authentication strategy used by secured file system implementations such as Git.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FileSystemUser	authenticate(String username, String password) Attempts to authenticate with the target filesystem using the given filesystem username and password.

Method Detail

authenticate

FileSystemUser authenticate(String username,
                            String password)

Attempts to authenticate with the target filesystem using the given filesystem username and password.

Parameters:

username - the filesystem username to authenticate as. Must not be null.

password - the given user's password. Can be null if the target filesystem supports null passwords.

Returns:

the filesystem user if authentication was successful; null if authentication failed.