ReactiveAuthenticationManager (spring-security-docs-manual 5.5.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUserDetailsReactiveAuthenticationManager, DelegatingReactiveAuthenticationManager, JwtReactiveAuthenticationManager, OAuth2AuthorizationCodeReactiveAuthenticationManager, OAuth2LoginReactiveAuthenticationManager, OidcAuthorizationCodeReactiveAuthenticationManager, OpaqueTokenReactiveAuthenticationManager, ReactiveAuthenticationManagerAdapter, ReactivePreAuthenticatedAuthenticationManager, UserDetailsRepositoryReactiveAuthenticationManager

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 ReactiveAuthenticationManager
```
Determines if the provided Authentication can be authenticated.

Since:

5.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`reactor.core.publisher.Mono<Authentication>`	`authenticate(Authentication authentication)`	Attempts to authenticate the provided `Authentication`

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
reactor.core.publisher.Mono<Authentication> authenticate(Authentication authentication)
```
    Attempts to authenticate the provided Authentication
    
    Parameters:
    
    authentication - the Authentication to test
    
    Returns:
    
    if authentication is successful an Authentication is returned. If authentication cannot be determined, an empty Mono is returned. If authentication fails, a Mono error is returned.