IRVAuthenticationProvider (Reveal BI Java SDK - API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IRVAuthenticationResolver
```
public interface IRVAuthenticationProvider
```
The interface that must be implemented and passed to Reveal Engine initialization, that returns credentials to be used when getting data from a given data source.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IRVDataSourceCredential`	`resolveCredentials(IRVUserContext userContext, RVDashboardDataSource dataSource)`	Returns the credentials to use for this data source, `null` means there are no credentials associated and the data loading process will fail.

- Method Detail
  - resolveCredentials
```
IRVDataSourceCredential resolveCredentials(IRVUserContext userContext,
                                           RVDashboardDataSource dataSource)
```
    Returns the credentials to use for this data source, null means there are no credentials associated and the data loading process will fail.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userContext - The user details credentials are being returned for, as returned by IRVUserContextProvider implementation.
    
    dataSource - The data source to return credentials for.
    
    Returns:
    
    The credentials to use for this data source.