AuthenticationPreProcessor (cas-server-core-api-authentication 6.1.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

org.springframework.core.Ordered

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface AuthenticationPreProcessor
extends org.springframework.core.Ordered
```
This is AuthenticationPreProcessor. Authentication pre processors run as the very first step in CAS authentication where credentials are about to be authenticated.

Since:

5.3.0

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered
  HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default int`	`getOrder()`
`boolean`	`process(AuthenticationTransaction transaction)`	Process the authentication event.
`default boolean`	`supports(Credential credential)`	Determines whether the processor has the capability to perform tasks on the given credential.

- Method Detail
  - getOrder
```
default int getOrder()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getOrder in interface org.springframework.core.Ordered
  - process
```
boolean process(AuthenticationTransaction transaction)
         throws AuthenticationException
```
    Process the authentication event.
    
    Parameters:
    
    transaction - The authentication transaction.
    
    Returns:
    
    the boolean
    
    Throws:
    
    AuthenticationException - the authn security exception
  - supports
```
default boolean supports(Credential credential)
```
    Determines whether the processor has the capability to perform tasks on the given credential.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credential - The credential to check.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if processor supports the Credential, false otherwise.