1 /* 2 * $Id: SecurityProvider.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.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 that actually 17 * does the work of authenticating credentials and populating the Authentication 18 * object. 19 */ 20 public interface SecurityProvider extends Initialisable 21 { 22 void setName(String name); 23 24 String getName(); 25 26 Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws SecurityException; 27 28 boolean supports(Class aClass); 29 30 SecurityContext createSecurityContext(Authentication auth) 31 throws UnknownAuthenticationTypeException; 32 }