Package org.jivesoftware.wildfire.auth

Authentication service interfaces and classes.

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Description

Interface Summary

AuthProvider

Provider interface for authentication.

Class Summary

AuthFactory	Authentication service.
AuthToken	A token that proves that a user has successfully authenticated.
DefaultAuthProvider	Default AuthProvider implementation.
HybridAuthProvider	The hybrid auth provider allows up to three AuthProvider implementations to be strung together to do chained authentication checking.
JDBCAuthProvider	The JDBC auth provider allows you to authenticate users against any database that you can connect to with JDBC.
NativeAuthProvider	Authenticates using the native operating system authentication method.
POP3AuthProvider	An AuthProvider that authenticates using a POP3 server.

Enum Summary

JDBCAuthProvider.PasswordType

Indicates how the password is stored.

Exception Summary

UnauthenticatedException	Thrown if a user does not have permission to access a particular method.
UnauthorizedException	Thrown if a user does not have permission to access a particular method.

Package org.jivesoftware.wildfire.auth Description

Authentication service interfaces and classes. Custom authentication implementations can be created by extending the AuthProvider interface.