public interface

LdapAuthenticator

org.springframework.security.ldap.authentication.LdapAuthenticator
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

The strategy interface for locating and authenticating an Ldap user.

The LdapAuthenticationProvider calls this interface to authenticate a user and obtain the information for that user from the directory.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract DirContextOperations authenticate(Authentication authentication)
Authenticates as a user and obtains additional user information from the directory.

Public Methods

public abstract DirContextOperations authenticate (Authentication authentication)

Authenticates as a user and obtains additional user information from the directory.

Returns
  • the details of the successfully authenticated user.