AuthenticationService


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17  package org.apache.servicemix.jbi.security.auth;
18  
19  import java.security.GeneralSecurityException  ;
20  
21  import javax.security.auth.Subject  ;
22  
23  /**
24   * Interface for the authentication service.
25   * 
26   */
27  public interface AuthenticationService {
28  
29      /**
30       * Authenticate a user given its name and credentials.
31       * Upon sucessfull completion, the subject should be populated
32       * with the user known principals.
33       * 
34       * @param subject the subject to populate
35       * @param domain the security domain to use
36       * @param user the user name
37       * @param credentials the user credntials
38       * @throws GeneralSecurityException if the user can not be authenticated
39       */
40      void authenticate(Subject   subject, String   domain, String   user, Object   credentials) throws GeneralSecurityException  ;
41      
42  }
43

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