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1 /**
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6  * Copyright 2003-2004 Jive Software.
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20
21 package org.jivesoftware.smack;
22
23 /**
24  * There are two ways to authenticate a user with a server. Using SASL or Non-SASL
25  * authentication. This interface makes {@link SASLAuthentication} and
26  * {@link NonSASLAuthentication} polyphormic.
27  *
28  * @author Gaston Dombiak
29  */

30 interface UserAuthentication {
31
32     String JavaDoc authenticate(String JavaDoc username, String JavaDoc password, String JavaDoc resource) throws
33             XMPPException;
34 }
35
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