Login

• This method performs the authentication

  • Sends callbacks to CallbackHandler
  • interacts with authentication service
  • returns true if authentication succeeds
  • returns false if this authentication module should be ignored.
    • For example, a session management LoginModule may choose to be ignored if a user already has a session
  • throws a LoginException if the login attempt failed
  • LoginModule should not store results of authentication in Subject

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