AuthenticationService (Apache Derby V10.14 Internals)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticationServiceBase, BasicAuthenticationServiceImpl, JNDIAuthenticationService, NativeAuthenticationServiceImpl, NoneAuthenticationServiceImpl, SpecificAuthenticationServiceImpl
```
public interface AuthenticationService
```
The AuthenticationService provides a mechanism for authenticating users willing to access JBMS.
There can be different and user defined authentication schemes, as long the expected interface here below is implementing and registered as a module when JBMS starts-up.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String MODULE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`authenticate(java.lang.String databaseName, java.util.Properties info)`	Authenticate a User inside Derby.
`java.lang.String`	`getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName()`	Get the name of the credentials database used to authenticate system-wide operations.

- Field Detail
  - MODULE
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static final java.lang.String MODULE
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
boolean authenticate(java.lang.String databaseName,
                     java.util.Properties info)
              throws java.sql.SQLException
```
    Authenticate a User inside Derby.
    
    Parameters:
    
    info - Connection properties info. failure.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.sql.SQLException
  - getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName
```
java.lang.String getSystemCredentialsDatabaseName()
```
    Get the name of the credentials database used to authenticate system-wide operations. This returns null for all implementations except NATIVE authentication.