Module io.inverno.mod.security

Package io.inverno.mod.security.authentication

Interface TokenAuthentication

All Superinterfaces:

Authentication

All Known Implementing Classes:

JWEAuthentication, JWSAuthentication, JWTEAuthentication, JWTSAuthentication

public interface TokenAuthentication
extends Authentication

An authentication which comprises a token that uniquely and securely identifies the authentication.

An Authenticator might respond with a token authentication to communicate temporary credentials resulting from the authentication to the authenticated entity. These TokenCredentials can then later be used by the entity to authenticate using a different channel in a simpler or more perfomant way than the original authentication.

A properly secured token should be collision-free and hardly forgeable.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Jeremy Kuhn

See Also:

• TokenCredentials

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getToken()	Returns the token resulting from the authentication process.

Methods inherited from interface io.inverno.mod.security.authentication.Authentication

getCause, isAnonymous, isAuthenticated

Method Details

getToken

String getToken()

Returns the token resulting from the authentication process.

Returns:

a token that securely identifies the authentication