Interface implemented by classes that can determine if an AuthenticationToken's provided
credentials matches a corresponding account's credentials stored in the system.
<p>Simple direct comparisons are handled well by the
{@link SimpleCredentialsMatcher SimpleCredentialsMatcher}. If you
hash user's credentials before storing them in a realm (a common practice), look at the
{@link HashedCredentialsMatcher HashedCredentialsMatcher} implementations,
as they support this scenario.
Interface implemented by classes that can determine if an AuthenticationToken's provided credentials matches a corresponding account's credentials stored in the system.
<p>Simple direct comparisons are handled well by the {@link SimpleCredentialsMatcher SimpleCredentialsMatcher}. If you hash user's credentials before storing them in a realm (a common practice), look at the {@link HashedCredentialsMatcher HashedCredentialsMatcher} implementations, as they support this scenario.
@see SimpleCredentialsMatcher @see AllowAllCredentialsMatcher @see Md5CredentialsMatcher @see Sha1CredentialsMatcher