protected function authenticateRequest(Request $request)
    {
        if ($this->authenticator && $this->authenticate) {
            return $this->authenticator->authenticate($request);
        }

        return $request;
    }
protected function authenticateRequest(Request $request)
    {
        if ($this->authenticator && $this->authenticate) {
            return $this->authenticator->authenticate($request);
        }

        return $request;
    }
protected function authenticateRequest ( Request $ request ) { if ( $ this -> authenticator && $ this -> authenticate ) { return $ this -> authenticator -> authenticate ( $ request ) ; } return $ request ; }
Gets the request authenticator

@param Request $request
@return Request
Gets the request authenticator