http://www.h2database.com: H2 Database Engine
  • Thomas Mueller 
/*
 * Copyright 2004-2019 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the MPL 2.0,
 * and the EPL 1.0 (http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
 * Initial Developer: Alessandro Ventura
 */
package org.h2.security.auth;

import org.h2.engine.Database;
import org.h2.engine.User;


Low level interface to implement full authentication process.

/**
 * Low level interface to implement full authentication process.
 */
public interface Authenticator {

    
Perform user authentication.

Params:
  • authenticationInfo – authentication info.
  • database – target database instance.
Returns:valid database user or null if user doesn't exists in the
        database
/**
     * Perform user authentication.
     *
     * @param authenticationInfo authentication info.
     * @param database target database instance.
     * @return valid database user or null if user doesn't exists in the
     *         database
     */
    User authenticate(AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo, Database database) throws AuthenticationException;

    
Initialize the authenticator. This method is invoked by databases when
the authenticator is set when the authenticator is set.

Params:
  • database – target database
/**
     * Initialize the authenticator. This method is invoked by databases when
     * the authenticator is set when the authenticator is set.
     *
     * @param database target database
     */
    void init(Database database) throws AuthConfigException;
}