MultiFactor (EDLDAP 3.3.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DuoFactor, TokensFactor
```
public interface MultiFactor
```
Represents a multi-factor authentication data to present to an ldap instance.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static MultiFactor`	`getInstance(MultiFactorType type, String mfaVal)`	Returns an instance of known sub-types (see: `MultiFactorType`).
`MultiFactorType`	`getType()`	Returns the type associated with this multi-factor instance.
`org.ldaptive.Credential`	`getValue(org.ldaptive.Credential credential)`	Returns the processed `Credential` by this factor.

- Method Detail
  - getValue
```
org.ldaptive.Credential getValue(org.ldaptive.Credential credential)
```
    Returns the processed Credential by this factor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credential - Credential to derive from
    
    Returns:
    
    Generated value
  - getType
```
MultiFactorType getType()
```
    Returns the type associated with this multi-factor instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    MultiFactorType
  - getInstance
```
static MultiFactor getInstance(MultiFactorType type,
                               String mfaVal)
```
    Returns an instance of known sub-types (see: MultiFactorType). This is a convenience method which returns the appropriate implementation with the specified type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - MultiFactorType type of MultiFactor
    
    mfaVal - EdCli.MFA_VALUE_OPTION
    
    Returns:
    
    Appropriate instance with the type, will throw IllegalArgumentException if none matches