IAuthenticationService Interface

chsxf\MFX\Services

interface IAuthenticationService

Summary

Authentication service interface

Since 2.0

Methods

getCurrentAuthenticatedUser

public abstract function getCurrentAuthenticatedUser(): ?User

Gets the current user reference, if an authenticated user exists

Since 2.0

Returns

User

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getIdField

public abstract function getIdField(): string

Retrieves users management identifier field name

Since 2.0

Returns

string

Throws

Exception	Reason
MFXException	If the provided value is not a string or contains invalid characters (only underscores and alphanumeric characters are accepted)

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getTableName

public abstract function getTableName(): string

Retrieves users management table name

Since 2.0

Returns

string

Throws

Exception	Reason
MFXException	If the provided value is not a string or contains invalid characters (only underscores and alphanumeric characters are accepted)

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hasAuthenticatedUser

public abstract function hasAuthenticatedUser(): bool

Tells if an authenticated user currently exists

Since 2.0

Returns

bool

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invalidate

public abstract function invalidate()

Invalidates user session. Logs out the current authenticated user if existing

Since 2.0

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isEnabled

public abstract function isEnabled(): bool

Tells if user management is enabled

Since 2.0

Returns

bool

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validateWithFields

public abstract function validateWithFields(array $fields): bool

Validates a user session using database fields

Since 2.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
$fields	array	Key-value pairs for database validation

Returns

boolean true if the session has been validated, false either

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