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### class:JMXAuthenticator [NONE]
public interface JMXAuthenticator Interface to define how remote credentials are converted into a JAAS Subject. This interface is used by the RMI Connector Server, and can be used by other connector servers. The user-defined authenticator instance is passed to the connector server in the environment map as the value of the attribute `JMXConnectorServer.AUTHENTICATOR`. For connector servers that use only this authentication system, if this attribute is not present or its value is `null` then no user authentication will be performed and full access to the methods exported by the `MBeanServerConnection` object will be allowed. If authentication is successful then an authenticated `subject` filled in with its associated `principals` is returned. Authorization checks will be then performed based on the given set of principals. Since: 1.5

### method:authenticate(java.lang.Object) [NONE]
### authenticate Subject authenticate (Object credentials) Authenticates the `MBeanServerConnection` client with the given client credentials. Parameters: `credentials` - the user-defined credentials to be passed into the server in order to authenticate the user before creating the `MBeanServerConnection`. The actual type of this parameter, and whether it can be null, depends on the connector. Returns: the authenticated subject containing its associated principals. Throws: `SecurityException` - if the server cannot authenticate the user with the provided credentials.