@nevis-security/nevis-mobile-authentication-sdk-react/src/operations/userverification/FingerprintUserVerifier.ts

React Native plugin for Nevis Mobile Authentication SDK. Supports only mobile.

/**
 * Copyright © 2023 Nevis Security AG. All rights reserved.
 */

import type { FingerprintUserVerificationContext } from './FingerprintUserVerificationContext';
import type { FingerprintUserVerificationHandler } from './FingerprintUserVerificationHandler';

/**
 * The object in charge of interacting with the user to do fingerprint authentication.
 *
 * @see
 * - {@link Registration.fingerprintUserVerifier}
 * - {@link Authentication.fingerprintUserVerifier}
 * - {@link AuthCloudApiRegistration.fingerprintUserVerifier}
 * - {@link OutOfBandRegistration.fingerprintUserVerifier}
 * - {@link OutOfBandAuthentication.fingerprintUserVerifier}
 */
export abstract class FingerprintUserVerifier {
	/**
	 * The user verification interaction.
	 *
	 * In the case of the registration the user must provide credentials again as required by the
	 * FIDO UAF protocol.
	 * In the case of the authentication, this is invoked for the user to provide credentials.
	 * If there is a recoverable error during the verification, this method will be invoked again,
	 * and the {@link FingerprintUserVerificationContext.lastRecoverableError} will contain the error.
	 * The recoverable error can be used to inform the user of the recoverable error that occurred,
	 * because the UI is the responsibility of the developer using the SDK. The operation must be canceled.
	 *
	 * @param context the object providing the information required for the verification process.
	 * @param handler the object that must be notified with the result of the interaction.
	 */
	abstract verifyFingerprint(
		context: FingerprintUserVerificationContext,
		handler: FingerprintUserVerificationHandler
	): Promise<void>;

	/**
	 * This method is invoked when either valid fingerprint credentials were provided and verified
	 * locally.
	 *
	 * The method is invoked after {@link verifyFingerprint} has been invoked and
	 * {@link FingerprintUserVerificationHandler.listenForOsCredentials} is invoked in the
	 * {@link FingerprintUserVerificationHandler} of {@link verifyFingerprint} and the end-user
	 * provides valid biometric credentials.
	 *
	 * This method can be used for instance to hide the UI used to ask for credentials to the user
	 * (some screen asking the user to use the fingerprint sensor) and then display some progress
	 * message indicating that the operation is ongoing.
	 *
	 * Note that invoking this method does not mean that the UAF operation completed successfully
	 * (this is notified through `onSuccess` methods once the FIDO UAF server validates the request
	 * generated with the credentials).
	 */
	abstract onValidCredentialsProvided(): void;
}