TokenInterface authenticate(TokenInterface $token) Attempts to authenticate a TokenInterface object. Parameters TokenInterface $token The TokenInterface instance to authenticate Return Value TokenInterface An authenticated TokenInterface instance, never null Exceptions AuthenticationException if the authentication fails

interface SimpleAuthenticatorInterface Methods

class AccessDecisionManager implements

string encodePassword(string $raw, string $salt) Encodes the raw password.

string getUsername() Returns the username used to authenticate the user.

string getSeries() Returns the series.

addExpressionLanguageProvider(

interface SecureRandomInterface deprecated

bool isEnabled() Checks whether the user is enabled. Internally, if this method returns

interface PersistentTokenInterface Interface to be implemented by persistent token classes (such