module Cassandra::Auth

Create a new authenticator object. This method will be called once per connection that requires authentication. The auth provider can create different authenticators for different authentication classes, or return nil if it does not support the authentication class.

Note

This method must absolutely not block.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Details
authentication_class	String	the authentication class used by the server.

Returns:

Type	Details
(Auth::Authenticator or nil)	an object with an interface matching Authenticator or nil if the authentication class is not supported.