public interface Authentication extends Principal, Serializable {
	// 权限集合，可使用AuthorityUtils.commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList("admin,ROLE_ADMIN")返回字符串权限集合
	Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities();
	// 用户名密码认证时可以理解为密码
	Object getCredentials();
	// 认证请求包含的一些附加信息(如 IP 地址,数字证书号)
	Object getDetails();
	// 用户名密码认证时可理解为用户名
	Object getPrincipal();
	// 是否被认证
	boolean isAuthenticated();
	// 设置是否能被认证
	void setAuthenticated(boolean isAuthenticated) throws IllegalArgumentException;

public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException {
		// 1.获取当前的Authentication的认证类型
		Class<? extends Authentication> toTest = authentication.getClass();
		AuthenticationException lastException = null;
		Authentication result = null;
		boolean debug = logger.isDebugEnabled();
		
        // 2.遍历所有的 providers 使用 supports 方法判断该 provider 是否支持当前的认证类型
		for (AuthenticationProvider provider : getProviders()) {
			if (!provider.supports(toTest)) {
				continue;
			}

			if (debug) {
				logger.debug("Authentication attempt using "
						+ provider.getClass().getName());
			}

			try {
				// 3.若支持,调用 provider#authenticat 认证
				result = provider.authenticate(authentication);

				if (result != null) {
					// 4.认证通过则重新生成 Authentication 对应的 Token
					copyDetails(authentication, result);
					break;
				}
			}
			catch (AccountStatusException e) {
				prepareException(e, authentication);
				// SEC-546: Avoid polling additional providers if auth failure is due to
				// invalid account status
				throw e;
			}
			catch (InternalAuthenticationServiceException e) {
				prepareException(e, authentication);
				throw e;
			}
			catch (AuthenticationException e) {
				lastException = e;
			}
		}

		if (result == null && parent != null) {
			// Allow the parent to try.
			try {
				// 5.如果 1 没有验证通过，则使用父类 AuthenticationManager 进行验证
				result = parent.authenticate(authentication);
			}
			catch (ProviderNotFoundException e) {
				// ignore as we will throw below if no other exception occurred prior to
				// calling parent and the parent
				// may throw ProviderNotFound even though a provider in the child already
				// handled the request
			}
			catch (AuthenticationException e) {
				lastException = e;
			}
		}
		// 6. 是否查出敏感信息
		if (result != null) {
			if (eraseCredentialsAfterAuthentication
					&& (result instanceof CredentialsContainer)) {
				// Authentication is complete. Remove credentials and other secret data
				// from authentication
				((CredentialsContainer) result).eraseCredentials();
			}

			eventPublisher.publishAuthenticationSuccess(result);
			return result;
		}

		// Parent was null, or didn't authenticate (or throw an exception).

		if (lastException == null) {
			lastException = new ProviderNotFoundException(messages.getMessage(
					"ProviderManager.providerNotFound",
					new Object[] { toTest.getName() },
					"No AuthenticationProvider found for {0}"));
		}

		prepareException(lastException, authentication);

		throw lastException;
	}

public Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException {
		Assert.isInstanceOf(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.class, authentication,
				messages.getMessage(
						"AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.onlySupports",
						"Only UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken is supported"));

		// Determine username
		String username = (authentication.getPrincipal() == null) ? "NONE_PROVIDED"
				: authentication.getName();

		boolean cacheWasUsed = true;
		UserDetails user = this.userCache.getUserFromCache(username);

		if (user == null) {
			cacheWasUsed = false;

			try {
				#1.获取用户信息由子类实现即DaoAuthenticationProvider
				user = retrieveUser(username,
						(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
			}
			catch (UsernameNotFoundException notFound) {
				logger.debug("User '" + username + "' not found");

				if (hideUserNotFoundExceptions) {
					throw new BadCredentialsException(messages.getMessage(
							"AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.badCredentials",
							"Bad credentials"));
				}
				else {
					throw notFound;
				}
			}

			Assert.notNull(user,
					"retrieveUser returned null - a violation of the interface contract");
		}

		try {
			#2.前检查由DefaultPreAuthenticationChecks类实现（主要判断当前用户是否锁定，过期，冻结User接口）
			preAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
			#3.子类实现
			additionalAuthenticationChecks(user,
					(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
		}
		catch (AuthenticationException exception) {
			if (cacheWasUsed) {
				// There was a problem, so try again after checking
				// we're using latest data (i.e. not from the cache)
				cacheWasUsed = false;
				user = retrieveUser(username,
						(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
				preAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
				additionalAuthenticationChecks(user,
						(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
			}
			else {
				throw exception;
			}
		}
		#4.检测用户密码是否过期对应#2 的User接口
		postAuthenticationChecks.check(user);

		if (!cacheWasUsed) {
			this.userCache.putUserInCache(user);
		}

		Object principalToReturn = user;

		if (forcePrincipalAsString) {
			principalToReturn = user.getUsername();
		}

		return createSuccessAuthentication(principalToReturn, authentication, user);
	}