org.apache.catalina
Interface Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatorBase, BasicAuthenticator, DigestAuthenticator, FormAuthenticator, NonLoginAuthenticator, SSLAuthenticator

public interface Authenticator

An Authenticator is a component (usually a Valve or Container) that provides some sort of authentication service. The interface itself has no functional significance, but is used as a tagging mechanism so that other components can detect the presence (via an "instanceof Authenticator" test) of an already configured authentication service.

Version:

$Revision: 515 $ $Date: 2008-03-17 22:02:23 +0100 (Mon, 17 Mar 2008) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan