Package org.mariadb.jdbc.plugin

Interface AuthenticationPluginFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingSha2PasswordPluginFactory, ClearPasswordPluginFactory, Ed25519PasswordPluginFactory, NativePasswordPluginFactory, ParsecPasswordPluginFactory, SendGssApiAuthPacketFactory, SendPamAuthPacketFactory

public interface AuthenticationPluginFactory

Authentication plugin descriptor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AuthenticationPlugin	initialize(String authenticationData, byte[] seed, Configuration conf, HostAddress hostAddress)	Plugin initialization.
default boolean	requireSecure()	Whether this authentication plugin requires a secure connection.
String	type()	Authentication plugin type.

Method Details

type

String type()

Authentication plugin type.

Returns:

authentication plugin type. ex: mysql_native_password

initialize

AuthenticationPlugin initialize(String authenticationData,
 byte[] seed,
 Configuration conf,
 HostAddress hostAddress)

Plugin initialization.

Parameters:

authenticationData - authentication data (password/token)

seed - server provided seed

conf - Connection options

hostAddress - host address

requireSecure

default boolean requireSecure()

Whether this authentication plugin requires a secure connection. Plugins that transmit the password (or other secret) in clear text return true; the driver then only runs them over a secure transport (TLS, or a local unix socket), never over plain TCP.

Returns:

true if a secure connection is required