IAuthenticator (Net4j Utilities Documentation)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAuthenticator2

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileUserManager, UserManager, UserManagerAuthenticator
```
public interface IAuthenticator
```
Authenticates users.

Since:

3.3

Author:

Eike Stepper

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`authenticate(java.lang.String userID, char[] password)`	Authenticates the user with the passed `userID` by checking whether the supplied `password` matches the password stored for this user.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
void authenticate(java.lang.String userID,
                  char[] password)
           throws java.lang.SecurityException
```
    Authenticates the user with the passed userID by checking whether the supplied password matches the password stored for this user.
    The implementation is required to throw a SecurityException if the passwords do not match.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.SecurityException