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StrategyAdapter class
Adapter class to invoke passport-strategy 1. provides express dependencies to the passport strategies 2. provides shimming of requests for passport authentication 3. provides life-cycle similar to express to the passport-strategy 4. provides state methods to the strategy instance see: https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport
Signature:
export declare class StrategyAdapter<U> implements AuthenticationStrategy
Implements: AuthenticationStrategy
Constructors
| Constructor | Modifiers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| (constructor)(strategy, name, userProfileFactory) | Constructs a new instance of the StrategyAdapter class |
Properties
| Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | readonly |
string |
Methods
| Method | Modifiers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| authenticate(request, options) | The function to invoke the contained passport strategy. 1. Create an instance of the strategy 2. add success and failure state handlers 3. authenticate using the strategy |