A valid DataONE authentication method is looked for and all authentication information is retrieved from it.
evaluateAuth(.Object, ...)# S4 method for AuthenticationManager
evaluateAuth(.Object, node)
an Authentication Object.
additional parameters
A D1Node object.
A hash containing authentication information.
If the node specified in the 'node' parameter is a DataONE v2 node
or higher, then an authentication token is checked if one exists. If it is readable
and not expired, then information for the token is returned. If a valid token does
not exist, then the X.509 certificate is checked, if it exists. If it is valid
then information is returned for the certificate.