Package com.pingidentity.sdk.password

Interface ChallengeablePasswordCredential

public interface ChallengeablePasswordCredential

Implemented by a PasswordCredentialValidator to support 2-Factor authentication using a challenge question.

Since:

7.1

See Also:

• PasswordCredentialValidator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PasswordChallengeResult	challenge(String username, String password, Object state)	Challenge a user to answer a security question.

Method Details

challenge

PasswordChallengeResult challenge(String username,
 String password,
 Object state)

Challenge a user to answer a security question.

Parameters:

username - name of the user attempting to sign in

password - the user's password

state - an opaque object containing state used to preserve state during a 2-Factor authentication.

Returns:

PasswordChallengeResult an object containing attributes returned as a result of this challenge.

Throws:

PasswordValidationException - for system errors

PasswordCredentialValidatorAuthnException - for user authentication errors to prevent the user from answering a challenge question.

PasswordCredentialChallengeException - to prompt or re-prompt the user to answer a challenge question.