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.

See Also:

AuthenticationProvider

Method Summary

AuthenticationProvider

getProvider(java.util.Hashtable env) Constructs an AuthenticationProvider with the given environment parameters.

Method Detail

getProvider

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.