Authenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

RequestAuthenticator
```
public interface Authenticator
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`authenticate(com.mdsol.mauth.MAuthRequest mAuthRequest)`	Performs the validation of an incoming HTTP request.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
boolean authenticate(com.mdsol.mauth.MAuthRequest mAuthRequest)
```
    Performs the validation of an incoming HTTP request. The validation process consists of recreating the mAuth hashed signature from the request data and comparing it to the decrypted hash signature from the mAuth header. mauth_client will authenticate with the highest protocol version present and if authentication fails will fallback to lower protocol versions (if provided)
    
    Parameters:
    
    mAuthRequest - Data from the incoming HTTP request necessary to perform the validation.
    
    Returns:
    
    True or false indicating if the request is valid or not with respect to mAuth.