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1   /*
2    * $Id: SecurityProvider.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $
3    * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesource.com
5    *
6    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
7    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
8    * LICENSE.txt file.
9    */
10  
11  package org.mule.api.security;
12  
13  import org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable;
14  
15  /**
16   * <code>SecurityProvider</code> is a target security provider thsat actually
17   * does the work of authenticating credentials and populating the Authentication
18   * object.
19   */
20  
21  public interface SecurityProvider extends Initialisable
22  {
23      void setName(String name);
24  
25      String getName();
26  
27      Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws SecurityException;
28  
29      boolean supports(Class aClass);
30  
31      SecurityContext createSecurityContext(Authentication auth)
32          throws UnknownAuthenticationTypeException;
33  }