MatchingStrategy (authentication-core 1.2.0.1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

TextMatchingStrategy
```
public interface MatchingStrategy
```
The Interface MatchingStrategy adopts the various matching strategies across all authtypes and its corresponding attributes.

Author:

Arun Bose

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default MatchFunction`	`getMatchFunction()`	gets the MatchFunction.
`default MatchingStrategy`	`getMatchingStrategy()`	Gets the matching strategy.
`default MatchingStrategyType`	`getType()`	Gets the type.
`default int`	`match(Map<String,String> reqValues, Map<String,String> entityValues, Map<String,Object> matchProperties)`	this method matches the request Values with entity values.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
default MatchingStrategyType getType()
```
    Gets the type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type
  - getMatchFunction
```
default MatchFunction getMatchFunction()
```
    gets the MatchFunction.
    
    Returns:
    
    MatchFunction
  - match
```
default int match(Map<String,String> reqValues,
                  Map<String,String> entityValues,
                  Map<String,Object> matchProperties)
           throws IdAuthenticationBusinessException
```
    this method matches the request Values with entity values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reqValues - the req values
    
    entityValues - the entity values
    
    matchProperties - the match properties
    
    Returns:
    
    the int
    
    Throws:
    
    IdAuthenticationBusinessException - the id authentication business exception
  - getMatchingStrategy
```
default MatchingStrategy getMatchingStrategy()
```
    Gets the matching strategy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the matching strategy