validate

public abstract void validate() throws LoginException

This method must be overridden. It is called once for each authentication page that is specified in the authentication modules properties file. The various getToken methods may be used to get the values for the user-entered tokens and passwords. LoginException should be thrown at some point during the validate() method if authentication has failed. The message in the exception is logged and users are sent an Authentication Failed page. If no exception is thrown, which implies successful completion, and all authentication pages have been sent, the user is authenticated. The abstract method getUserTokenId() is called to get the authenticated name of the user.

Overrides: validate in class Authenticator