com.floragunn.searchguard.auth

Interface AuthenticationBackend

All Known Implementing Classes:

InternalAuthenticationBackend, NoOpAuthenticationBackend

public interface AuthenticationBackend

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
User	authenticate(AuthCredentials credentials)
boolean	exists(User user)
String	getType()

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

authenticate

User authenticate(AuthCredentials credentials)
           throws org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException

Parameters:

credentials - , must not be null

Returns:

the authenticated User, never null

Throws:

org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException

exists

boolean exists(User user)