Michael Bayne
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27 lines
1.0 KiB
Java
27 lines
1.0 KiB
Java
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// $Id: Authenticator.java,v 1.3 2001/10/11 04:07:53 mdb Exp $
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package com.threerings.presents.server.net;
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import com.threerings.presents.net.AuthRequest;
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import com.threerings.presents.net.AuthResponse;
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/**
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* The authenticator is a pluggable component of the authentication
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* framework. It is provided with an auth request object and is expected
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* to return an auth response object indicating whether or not the client
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* is authenticated. <code>authenticate()</code> is invoked on the authmgr
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* thread which means that it can access databases or other external
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* (slow) information sources without concern for unduly blocking the
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* normal operation of the server. Of course, authentication requests are
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* processed serially, so they shouldn't take <em>too</em> long.
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*/
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public interface Authenticator
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{
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/**
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* Requests that the authenticator process the supplied request and
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* provide a response object indicating success or failure.
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*/
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public AuthResponse process (AuthRequest request);
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}
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