org.flowable.common.engine.api.identity

Interface AuthenticationContext

public interface AuthenticationContext

Flowable Authentication context that can be implemented in different ways to hold and store the current authentication information.

Author:

Filip Hrisafov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAuthenticatedUserId() The user id of the authenticated principal.
Principal	getPrincipal() Obtains the currently authenticated principal, or an authentication request token.
void	setPrincipal(Principal principal) Changes the currently authenticated principal, or removes the authentication information.

Method Detail

getAuthenticatedUserId

String getAuthenticatedUserId()

The user id of the authenticated principal.

Returns:

the id of the authenticated user

getPrincipal

Principal getPrincipal()

Obtains the currently authenticated principal, or an authentication request token.

Returns:

the Principal or null if no principal information is available

setPrincipal

void setPrincipal(Principal principal)

Changes the currently authenticated principal, or removes the authentication information.

Parameters:

principal - the new Authentication token, or null if no further principal information should be stored