AuthenticationProvider (Hippo CMS7 Commons 15.5.0 API)

```
public interface AuthenticationProvider
```
AuthenticationProvider
Configures an authentication provider.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`User`	`authenticate(String userName, char[] password)`	Authenticate a user.
`default Set<Role>`	`getRolesByUser(User user)`	Returns security roles of the given user
`Set<Role>`	`getRolesByUsername(String username)`	Deprecated. since v14, will be removed in v15+.

- Method Detail
  - authenticate
```
User authenticate(String userName,
                  char[] password)
           throws SecurityException
```
    Authenticate a user.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userName - The user name.
    
    password - The user password.
    
    Returns:
    
    the User
    
    Throws:
    
    SecurityException
  - getRolesByUsername
```
@Deprecated
Set<Role> getRolesByUsername(String username)
                      throws SecurityException
```
    Deprecated.
    since v14, will be removed in v15+. Use getRolesByUser(User) instead
    
    Returns security roles of the given username
    
    Parameters:
    
    username -
    
    Throws:
    
    SecurityException
  - getRolesByUser
```
default Set<Role> getRolesByUser(User user)
                          throws SecurityException
```
    Returns security roles of the given user
    Note: this is a default method delegating to deprecated getRolesByUser(User) which will become required to be implemented when that method is removed in v15+
    
    Parameters:
    
    user -
    
    Throws:
    
    SecurityException