Package org.salespointframework.useraccount

Interface AuthenticationManagement

@Service
public interface AuthenticationManagement

Application component for authentication related use cases.

Author:

Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Optional<UserAccount>	getCurrentUser()	Returns the UserAccount of the currently logged in user or Optional.empty() if no-one is currently logged in.
boolean	matches(Password.UnencryptedPassword candidate, Password.EncryptedPassword existing)	Returns whether the given candidate Password matches the given existing one.
void	updateAuthentication(UserAccount account)	Updates the current authentication to the given UserAccount.

Method Details

getCurrentUser

Optional<UserAccount> getCurrentUser()

Returns the UserAccount of the currently logged in user or Optional.empty() if no-one is currently logged in.

Returns:

matches

boolean matches(Password.UnencryptedPassword candidate,
 Password.EncryptedPassword existing)

Returns whether the given candidate Password matches the given existing one.

Parameters:

candidate - can be null.

existing - must not be null.

Returns:

updateAuthentication

void updateAuthentication(UserAccount account)

Updates the current authentication to the given UserAccount.

Parameters:

account - must not be null.

Since:

7.5