Authenticator (Trellis Linked Data Server Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FederatedJwtAuthenticator, JwksAuthenticator, JwtAuthenticator, NullAuthenticator
```
public interface Authenticator
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Principal`	`authenticate(String token)`	Authenticate credentials.
`io.jsonwebtoken.Claims`	`parse(String token)`	Parse a token into a set of claims.

- Method Detail
  - parse
```
io.jsonwebtoken.Claims parse(String token)
```
    Parse a token into a set of claims.
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the token
    
    Returns:
    
    JWT claims
  - authenticate
```
default Principal authenticate(String token)
```
    Authenticate credentials.
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - the token
    
    Returns:
    
    the principal if present