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# verifyExtended(withAuthenticationType:authenticationItems:continueItems:context:)

Verifies the credentials for interaction with the record’s node using other types of authentication available to Open Directory.

```
func verifyExtended(withAuthenticationType inType: String!, authenticationItems inItems: [Any]!, continueItems outItems: AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer<NSArray?>!, context outContext: AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer<AnyObject?>!) throws
```

## Parameters

`inType`

The authentication type.

`inItems`

An array of `NSString` or `NSData` objects to be used in the authentication process.

`outItems`

An array of `NSData` objects returned from the authentication process, if any are returned; `nil` otherwise.

`outContext`

The proper context if the authentication attempt requires a context; `nil` otherwise. If not `nil`, then more calls must be made with the Context to continue the authentication.

## Discussion

> Handling Errors in Swift:
> In Swift, this method returns `Void` and is marked with the `throws` keyword to indicate that it throws an error in cases of failure.
> 
> You call this method in a `try` expression and handle any errors in the `catch` clauses of a `do` statement, as described in [Error Handling](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ErrorHandling.html) in [The Swift Programming Language](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/) and `About Imported Cocoa Error Parameters`.

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