Package com.inteliqua.rest.authentication

Interface EliquaAuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthenticationProvider, JWTAuthenticationProvider

public interface EliquaAuthenticationProvider

Interface representing an authentication provider for Eliqua services. Implementing classes should define the specific authentication mechanism used to interact with Eliqua services.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	authenticate()	Performs the authentication process and returns the authentication token.
AuthenticationType	getAuthenticationType()	Retrieves the type of authentication used by this provider.
String	getHeaderKey()	Retrieves the header key used for authentication.

Method Detail

getAuthenticationType

AuthenticationType getAuthenticationType()

Retrieves the type of authentication used by this provider.

Returns:

the AuthenticationType representing the authentication method.

getHeaderKey

String getHeaderKey()

Retrieves the header key used for authentication.

Returns:

a String representing the header key.

authenticate

String authenticate()

Performs the authentication process and returns the authentication token.

Returns:

a String representing the authentication token.