AuthenticationService (IG Aggregated Javadoc 2023.11.1 Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorAuthenticationService
```
public interface AuthenticationService
```
Asynchronous AM authentication service delivering SsoToken.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Promise<SsoToken,AuthenticationException>`	`authenticate(Context context, String username, SecretReference<GenericSecret> passwordRef)`	Authenticates a subject (identified with the given `username` and `passwordRef` credentials), returning asynchronously an SSO token (if the authentication succeeded) or an `AuthenticationException` on failures (I/O, invalid credentials, ...).

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
Promise<SsoToken,AuthenticationException> authenticate(Context context,
                                                             String username,
                                                             SecretReference<GenericSecret> passwordRef)
```
    Authenticates a subject (identified with the given username and passwordRef credentials), returning asynchronously an SSO token (if the authentication succeeded) or an AuthenticationException on failures (I/O, invalid credentials, ...).
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - Service context
    
    username - subject's username
    
    passwordRef - subject's credentials as a SecretReference
    
    Returns:
    
    a promise of an SsoToken