Interface AuthenticationProcessProfile

All Superinterfaces:
OsidProfile, Sourceable
All Known Subinterfaces:
AuthenticationProcessManager, AuthenticationProcessProxyManager
public interface AuthenticationProcessProfile extends OsidProfile

The AuthenticationProcessProfile describes the interoperability among authentication process services.

  • Method Details

    • supportsAuthenticationAcquisition

      boolean supportsAuthenticationAcquisition()
      Tests if authentication acquisition is supported. Authentication acquisition is responsible for acquiring client side authentication credentials.
      Returns:
      true if authentication acquisiiton is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAuthenticationValidation

      boolean supportsAuthenticationValidation()
      Tests if authentication validation is supported. Authentication validation verifies given authentication credentials and maps to an agent identity.
      Returns:
      true if authentication validation is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsTrustLookup

      boolean supportsTrustLookup()
      Tests if a trust look up session is supported.
      Returns:
      true if trust lookup is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCircleOfTrust

      boolean supportsCircleOfTrust()
      Tests if a session to examine agent and trust relationships is supported.
      Returns:
      true if a circle of trust is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsChallenge

      boolean supportsChallenge()
      Tests if this authentication service supports a challenge-response mechanism where credential validation service must implement a means to generate challenge data.
      Returns:
      true if this is a challenge-response system, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAuthenticationRecordTypes

      TypeList getAuthenticationRecordTypes()
      Gets the supported authentication record types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported authentication record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAuthenticationRecordType

      boolean supportsAuthenticationRecordType(Type authenticationRecordType)
      Tests if the given authentication record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      authenticationRecordType - a Type indicating an authentication record type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - authenticationRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getAuthenticationInputRecordTypes

      TypeList getAuthenticationInputRecordTypes()
      Gets the supported authentication input record types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported authentication input record types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsAuthenticationInputRecordType

      boolean supportsAuthenticationInputRecordType(Type authenticationInputRecordType)
      Tests if the given authentication input record type is supported.
      Parameters:
      authenticationInputRecordType - a Type indicating an authentication input record type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - authenticationInputRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getChallengeRecordTypes

      TypeList getChallengeRecordTypes()
      Gets the supported challenge types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported challenge types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsChallengeRecordType

      boolean supportsChallengeRecordType(Type challengeRecordType)
      Tests if the given challenge data type is supported.
      Parameters:
      challengeRecordType - a Type indicating a challenge record type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - challengeRecordType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCredentialExport

      boolean supportsCredentialExport()
      Tests if Authentication objects can export serialzied credentials for transport.
      Returns:
      true if the given credentials export is supported, false otherwise
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getCredentialTypes

      TypeList getCredentialTypes()
      Gets the supported credential types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported credential types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsCredentialType

      boolean supportsCredentialType(Type credentialType)
      Tests if the given credential type is supported.
      Parameters:
      credentialType - a Type indicating a credential type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - credentialType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • getTrustTypes

      TypeList getTrustTypes()
      Gets the supported trust types.
      Returns:
      a list containing the supported trust types
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.

    • supportsTrustType

      boolean supportsTrustType(Type trustType)
      Tests if the given trust type is supported.
      Parameters:
      trustType - a Type indicating a trust type
      Returns:
      true if the given Type is supported, false otherwise
      Throws:
      NullArgumentException - trustType is null
      Compliance:
      mandatory - This method must be implemented.