Class AuthenticateAction

All Implemented Interfaces:
Initializable, Component, LogEnabled, Serviceable, ThreadSafe, Action
Direct Known Subclasses:
AdminAuthenticateAction, AuthenticateAction, AuthenticateAction, BlockingCredentialProviderAction, FrontAuthenticateAction, WebAuthenticateAction

Cocoon action to perform authentication.
The CredentialProvider define the authentication method and retrieves Credentials.
Finally, the Users instance extract the Principal corresponding to the Credentials.