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## edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.idp.authn
Interface LoginHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractLoginHandler, IPAddressLoginHandler, PreviousSessionLoginHandler, RemoteUserLoginHandler, UsernamePasswordLoginHandler

    public interface LoginHandler

Authentication handlers authenticate a user in an implementation specific manner. Some examples of this might be by collecting a user name and password and validating it against an LDAP directory, validating a client certificate, or validating one-time password. When a login handler is invoked the user's `Session` is bound to the `HttpSession` under the attribute with the name `Session.HTTP_SESSION_BINDING_ATTRIBUTE`. After a successful authentication has been completed the handler MUST either:

- Bind a `Subject` to the attribute identified by `SUBJECT_KEY` if one was created during the authentication process. The principals, public, and private credentials from this subject will be merged with those in the `Subject` within the `Session`.
- Bind a `Principal` for the user to the request attribute identified by `PRINCIPAL_KEY`. Such a `Principal` MUST implement `Serializable`. This principal will be added to the `Subject` within the `Session`.
- Bind a principal name string to the request attribute identified by `PRINCIPAL_NAME_KEY`. In this case the `AuthenticationEngine` will create a `Principal` object of type `UsernamePrincipal` and add that to the `Subject` within the `Session`.

The handler MAY also:

- Bind a URI string, representing the authentication method actually used, to a request attribute identified by `AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_KEY`. This may be used if a handler is capable of performing multiple types of authentication.
- bind an error message, if an error occurred during authentication to the request attribute identified by `AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_KEY`.

Finally, the handler must return control to the authentication engine by invoking `AuthenticationEngine.returnToAuthenticationEngine(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)`. After which the authentication handler must immediately return. Handlers MUST NOT change or add any data to the user's `HttpSession` that persists past the process of authenticating the user, that is no additional session data may be added and no existing session data may be changed when the handler returns control to the authentication engine.

Field Summary
`static String` | `AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_KEY` Request attribute to which an error message may be bound.
`static String` | `AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_KEY` Request attribute to which an authentication method URI may be bound.
`static String` | `PRINCIPAL_KEY` Request attribute to which user's principal should be bound.
`static String` | `PRINCIPAL_NAME_KEY` Request attribute to which user's principal name should be bound.
`static String` | `SUBJECT_KEY` Request attribute to which user's subject should be bound.

Method Summary
`long` | `getAuthenticationDuration()` Gets the length of time, in milliseconds, after which a user authenticated by this handler should be re-authenticated.
`List<String>` | `getSupportedAuthenticationMethods()` Gets the list of authentication methods this handler supports.
`void` | `login(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest httpRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse httpResponse)` Authenticate the user making the request.
`boolean` | `supportsForceAuthentication()` Returns if this handler supports the ability to force a user to (re-)authenticate.
`boolean` | `supportsPassive()` Gets whether this handler supports passive authentication.

Field Detail

### PRINCIPAL_KEY

    static final String PRINCIPAL_KEY

  Request attribute to which user's principal should be bound.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### PRINCIPAL_NAME_KEY

    static final String PRINCIPAL_NAME_KEY

  Request attribute to which user's principal name should be bound.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### SUBJECT_KEY

    static final String SUBJECT_KEY

  Request attribute to which user's subject should be bound.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_KEY

    static final String AUTHENTICATION_METHOD_KEY

  Request attribute to which an authentication method URI may be bound.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_KEY

    static final String AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_KEY

  Request attribute to which an error message may be bound.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Method Detail

### getSupportedAuthenticationMethods

    List<String> getSupportedAuthenticationMethods()

  Gets the list of authentication methods this handler supports.

  Returns:
    authentication methods this handler supports

### getAuthenticationDuration

    long getAuthenticationDuration()

  Gets the length of time, in milliseconds, after which a user authenticated by this handler should be re-authenticated.

  Returns:
    length of time, in milliseconds, after which a user should be re-authenticated

### supportsPassive

    boolean supportsPassive()

  Gets whether this handler supports passive authentication.

  Returns:
    whether this handler supports passive authentication

### supportsForceAuthentication

    boolean supportsForceAuthentication()

  Returns if this handler supports the ability to force a user to (re-)authenticate.

  Returns:
    if this handler can force a user to (re-)authenticate.

### login

    void login(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest httpRequest,
               javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse httpResponse)

  Authenticate the user making the request.

  Parameters:
    `httpRequest` - user request
    `httpResponse` - response to user

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