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