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package org.apache.felix.useradmin; | |
/** | |
* <p>Credential authenticator used for authenticate base on stored credentials.</p> | |
* | |
* @version $Rev$ $Date$ | |
*/ | |
public interface CredentialAuthenticator | |
{ | |
/** | |
* Encrypt provided credential value with one of | |
* algorithms Base64, SHA-1, etc. | |
* @param credential to be encrypted. | |
* @return encrypted value. | |
*/ | |
Object encryptCredential(Object credential); | |
/** | |
* Authenticate provided value against encrypted stored | |
* value. | |
* @param value to be check against encrypted Value. | |
* @param encryptedValue encrypted value. | |
* @return true if user is authenticated false if not. | |
*/ | |
boolean authenticate(Object value, Object encryptedValue); | |
/** | |
* This method returns Base64 encoder. | |
* @return base64 encoder. | |
*/ | |
Base64 getBase64(); | |
} |