com.ibm.itim.authentication
Interface AuthenticationProviderFactory
- public interface AuthenticationProviderFactory
AuthenticationProviderFactory is an interface for constructing
AuthenticationProviders. The interface provides a common approach to
constructing any AuthenticationProvider regardless of its
implementation.
- Author:
- Tony Gullotta
- See Also:
AuthenticationProvider
getProvider
public AuthenticationProvider getProvider(java.util.Hashtable env)
throws ConfigurationException
- Constructs an AuthenticationProvider with the given
environment parameters.
- Parameters:
env
- environment parameters used to construct the
AuthenticationProvider.- Returns:
- the constructed AuthenticationProvider, null if the
construction fails.
- Throws:
ConfigurationException
- thrown if the
AuthenticationAuthority can
not be constructed.