Authenticator (Apache TinkerPop 3.7.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllowAllAuthenticator, Krb5Authenticator, SimpleAuthenticator
```
public interface Authenticator
```
Provides methods related to authentication of a request. Implementations should provide a SASL based authentication method, but a handler can choose to use the authenticate(Map) method directly if required for protocols that don't easily support SASL.

Author:

Stephen Mallette (http://stephen.genoprime.com)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface Authenticator.SaslNegotiator
Performs the actual SASL negotiation for a single authentication attempt.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AuthenticatedUser`	`authenticate(Map<String,String> credentials)`	A "standard" authentication implementation that can be used more generically without SASL support.
`Authenticator.SaslNegotiator`	`newSaslNegotiator(InetAddress remoteAddress)`	Provide a SASL handler to perform authentication for an single connection.
`boolean`	`requireAuthentication()`	Whether or not the authenticator requires explicit login.
`void`	`setup(Map<String,Object> config)`	Setup is called once upon system startup to initialize the `Authenticator`.

- Method Detail
  - requireAuthentication
```
boolean requireAuthentication()
```
    Whether or not the authenticator requires explicit login. If false will instantiate user with AuthenticatedUser.ANONYMOUS_USER.
  - setup
```
void setup(Map<String,Object> config)
```
    Setup is called once upon system startup to initialize the Authenticator.
  - newSaslNegotiator
```
Authenticator.SaslNegotiator newSaslNegotiator(InetAddress remoteAddress)
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    Provide a SASL handler to perform authentication for an single connection. SASL is a stateful protocol, so a new instance must be used for each authentication attempt.
    
    Parameters:
    
    remoteAddress - the IP address of the client to authenticate to authenticate or null if an internal client (one not connected over the remote transport).
  - authenticate
```
AuthenticatedUser authenticate(Map<String,String> credentials)
                        throws AuthenticationException
```
    A "standard" authentication implementation that can be used more generically without SASL support. This implementation is used when a particular Channelizer doesn't support SASL directly (like basic HTTP authentication).
    
    Throws:
    
    AuthenticationException