NetworkAuthenticator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleNetworkAuthenticator
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public interface NetworkAuthenticator
```
A NetworkAuthenticator allows connector developers to provide authentication credentials for network connections. The runtime Authenticator instance will delegate password authentication requests to implementations provided by the connector. Connectors can implement NetworkAuthenticatorConnector, instead of Connector, to provide a network authenticator that will only be used for that connector. The NetworkAuthenticatorContext is used to provide the context of the authentication request in order to support credential management in the authenticator implementation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PasswordAuthentication`	`requestPasswordAuthentication(NetworkAuthenticatorContext context)`	This method is used to request a `PasswordAuthentication` instance based on the specified context.

- Method Detail
  - requestPasswordAuthentication
```
PasswordAuthentication requestPasswordAuthentication(NetworkAuthenticatorContext context)
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    This method is used to request a PasswordAuthentication instance based on the specified context. Implementations should use the information in the provided context to determine the correct credentials for the request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - NetworkAuthenticatorContext with authentication request details
    
    Returns:
    
    PasswordAuthentication with user credentials if authentication is required for the network connection, null otherwise