AuthenticationPlugin

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingSha2PasswordPlugin, ClearPasswordPlugin, Ed25519PasswordPlugin, NativePasswordPlugin, SendGssApiAuthPacket, SendPamAuthPacket
```
public interface AuthenticationPlugin
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`initialize(java.lang.String authenticationData, byte[] seed, Configuration conf)`	Plugin initialization.
`ReadableByteBuf`	`process(PacketWriter encoder, PacketReader decoder, Context context)`	Process plugin authentication.
`java.lang.String`	`type()`	Authentication plugin type.

- Method Detail
  - type
```
java.lang.String type()
```
    Authentication plugin type.
    
    Returns:
    
    authentication plugin type. ex: mysql_native_password
  - initialize
```
void initialize(java.lang.String authenticationData,
                byte[] seed,
                Configuration conf)
```
    Plugin initialization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    authenticationData - authentication data (password/token)
    
    seed - server provided seed
    
    conf - Connection options
  - process
```
ReadableByteBuf process(PacketWriter encoder,
                        PacketReader decoder,
                        Context context)
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        java.sql.SQLException
```
    Process plugin authentication.
    
    Parameters:
    
    encoder - out stream
    
    decoder - in stream
    
    context - connection context
    
    Returns:
    
    response packet
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if socket error
    
    java.sql.SQLException - if plugin exception