<?php /* * This file is part of the Symfony package. * * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com> * * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Authentication; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface; use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Authenticator\AuthenticatorInterface; /** * @author Wouter de Jong <wouter@wouterj.nl> * * @experimental in Symfony 5.1 */ interface UserAuthenticatorInterface { /** * Convenience method to programmatically login a user and return a * Response *if any* for success. */ public function authenticateUser(UserInterface $user, AuthenticatorInterface $authenticator, Request $request): ?Response; }