ClientAuthentication (Enterprise Search Java Client 0.3.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- co.elasticsearch.enterprisesearch.client.ClientAuthentication

```
public class ClientAuthentication
extends Object
```
Represents different methods of authenticating with the App Search Server

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getPassword()`	Optional, if using BASIC authentication this is the password
`String`	`getToken()`	Optional, Either an API Key or Elasticsearch tokens
`String`	`getUsername()`	Optional, if using BASIC authentication this is the username
`static ClientAuthentication`	`withBasicAuth(String username, String password)`	Create an authentication object using username and password authentication
`static ClientAuthentication`	`withBearerAuth(String token)`	Create an authentication object using a bearer token

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - withBearerAuth
```
public static ClientAuthentication withBearerAuth(String token)
```
    Create an authentication object using a bearer token
    
    Parameters:
    
    token - The token value. Generally starts with 'private-' or 'search-'
    
    Returns:
    
    A token based ClientAuthentication
  - withBasicAuth
```
public static ClientAuthentication withBasicAuth(String username,
                                                 String password)
```
    Create an authentication object using username and password authentication
    
    Parameters:
    
    username - the username
    
    password - the password
    
    Returns:
    
    A client authentication object
  - getUsername
```
public String getUsername()
```
    Optional, if using BASIC authentication this is the username
    
    Returns:
    
    The username
  - getPassword
```
public String getPassword()
```
    Optional, if using BASIC authentication this is the password
    
    Returns:
    
    the password
  - getToken
```
public String getToken()
```
    Optional, Either an API Key or Elasticsearch tokens
    
    Returns:
    
    The API Key or token