CredentialsMatcher (Apache Shiro :: Core 1.7.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllowAllCredentialsMatcher, HashedCredentialsMatcher, Md2CredentialsMatcher, Md5CredentialsMatcher, PasswordMatcher, Sha1CredentialsMatcher, Sha256CredentialsMatcher, Sha384CredentialsMatcher, Sha512CredentialsMatcher, SimpleCredentialsMatcher
```
public interface CredentialsMatcher
```
Interface implemented by classes that can determine if an AuthenticationToken's provided credentials matches a corresponding account's credentials stored in the system.
Simple direct comparisons are handled well by the SimpleCredentialsMatcher. If you hash user's credentials before storing them in a realm (a common practice), look at the HashedCredentialsMatcher implementations, as they support this scenario.

Since:

0.1

See Also:

SimpleCredentialsMatcher, AllowAllCredentialsMatcher, Md5CredentialsMatcher, Sha1CredentialsMatcher

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token, AuthenticationInfo info)`	Returns `true` if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, `false` otherwise.

- Method Detail
  - doCredentialsMatch
```
boolean doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token,
                           AuthenticationInfo info)
```
    Returns true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the AuthenticationToken submitted during the authentication attempt
    
    info - the AuthenticationInfo stored in the system.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials, false otherwise.