AuthenticationPluginFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingSha2PasswordPluginFactory, ClearPasswordPluginFactory, Ed25519PasswordPluginFactory, NativePasswordPluginFactory, ParsecPasswordPluginFactory, SendGssApiAuthPacketFactory, SendPamAuthPacketFactory
```
public interface AuthenticationPluginFactory
```
Authentication plugin descriptor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AuthenticationPlugin`	`initialize(java.lang.String authenticationData, byte[] seed, Configuration conf, HostAddress hostAddress)`	Plugin initialization.
`default boolean`	`requireSecure()`	Whether this authentication plugin requires a secure connection.
`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
```
AuthenticationPlugin initialize(java.lang.String authenticationData,
                                byte[] seed,
                                Configuration conf,
                                HostAddress hostAddress)
```
    Plugin initialization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    authenticationData - authentication data (password/token)
    
    seed - server provided seed
    
    conf - Connection options
    
    hostAddress - host address
  - requireSecure
```
default boolean requireSecure()
```
    Whether this authentication plugin requires a secure connection. Plugins that transmit the password (or other secret) in clear text return true; the driver then only runs them over a secure transport (TLS, or a local unix socket), never over plain TCP.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if a secure connection is required