1 /* 2 * $Id: SecurityProvider.java 22048 2011-05-31 14:39:03Z dfeist $ 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.NameableObject; 14 import org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable; 15 16 /** 17 * <code>SecurityProvider</code> is a target security provider that actually does the work of authenticating 18 * credentials and populating the Authentication object. 19 */ 20 public interface SecurityProvider extends Initialisable, NameableObject 21 { 22 Authentication authenticate(Authentication authentication) throws SecurityException; 23 24 boolean supports(Class aClass); 25 26 SecurityContext createSecurityContext(Authentication auth) throws UnknownAuthenticationTypeException; 27 }