Authentication (Azkarra Streams 0.7.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthentication, JAASAuthentication, SSLClientAuthentication, UsernamePasswordAuthentication
```
public interface Authentication
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Credentials`	`getCredentials()`	The `Credentials` of the user to authenticate.
`Principal`	`getPrincipal()`	The `Principal` of the user to authenticate.
`default UserDetails`	`getUserDetails()`	Gets details about the authenticated user.
`boolean`	`isAuthenticated()`	Checks whether the user has been authenticated successfully.
`void`	`setAuthenticated(boolean isAuthenticated)`

- Method Detail
  - getCredentials
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Credentials getCredentials()
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    The Credentials of the user to authenticate.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Credentials.
  - getPrincipal
```
Principal getPrincipal()
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    The Principal of the user to authenticate.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Principal.
  - getUserDetails
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default UserDetails getUserDetails()
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    Gets details about the authenticated user.
    
    Returns:
    
    the UserDetails if user is authenticated, null otherwise.
  - isAuthenticated
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boolean isAuthenticated()
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    Checks whether the user has been authenticated successfully.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the user if authenticated, false otherwise.
  - setAuthenticated
```
void setAuthenticated(boolean isAuthenticated)
```