Package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication

Interface ProviderManagerBuilder<B extends ProviderManagerBuilder<B>>

Type Parameters:

B - the type of the SecurityBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

SecurityBuilder<AuthenticationManager>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationManagerBuilder

public interface ProviderManagerBuilder<B extends ProviderManagerBuilder<B>>
extends SecurityBuilder<AuthenticationManager>

Interface for operating on a SecurityBuilder that creates a ProviderManager

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
B	authenticationProvider(AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider)	Add authentication based upon the custom AuthenticationProvider that is passed in.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.security.config.annotation.SecurityBuilder

build

Method Detail

authenticationProvider

B authenticationProvider(AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider)

Add authentication based upon the custom AuthenticationProvider that is passed in. Since the AuthenticationProvider implementation is unknown, all customizations must be done externally and the ProviderManagerBuilder is returned immediately. Note that an Exception is thrown if an error occurs when adding the AuthenticationProvider.

Returns:

a ProviderManagerBuilder to allow further authentication to be provided to the ProviderManagerBuilder