UserID and Password Validation Plug-in Class

This class provides a userID and password validation plug-in mechanism. The methods of this class need to be overridden by the implementation plug-in modules that validate the userID and/or password for the user. The implementation plug-in modules will be invoked whenever a userID or password value is being added or modified using the Access Manager console, the amadmin command line interface, or using the SDK.

The plug-ins that extend this class can be configured per realm. If a plug-in is not configured for an realm, then the plug-in configured at the global level will be used.

If the validation of the plug-in fails, the plug-in module can throw an exception to notify the application to indicate the error in the userID or password supplied by the user.