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1 /*
2  * SSL-Explorer
3  *
4  * Copyright (C) 2003-2006 3SP LTD. All Rights Reserved
5  *
6  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13  * GNU General Public License for more details.
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16  * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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18  */
19             
20 package com.sslexplorer.agent;
21
22 import com.sslexplorer.boot.RequestHandlerRequest;
23 import com.sslexplorer.security.User;
24
25 /**
26  * Implementors of this interfaces will extract authentication credentials from
27  * the request and try to authenticate against SSL-Explorer.
28  */
29 public interface AgentAuthenticator {
30     /**
31      * Authenticate a request and return a user. The implemetation
32      * should extract parameters from the request for authentication
33      * and retrieve a user object from the current user database.
34      *
35      * @param request request
36      * @return user
37      */
38     User authenticate(RequestHandlerRequest request);
39 }
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