| /* |
| * Copyright 2004-2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, |
| * as applicable. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.jackrabbit.server; |
| |
| import javax.jcr.Credentials; |
| import javax.jcr.LoginException; |
| import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; |
| import javax.servlet.ServletException; |
| |
| /** |
| * This Interface defines a provider for the credentials. |
| */ |
| public interface CredentialsProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Extracts the credentials from the given servlet request. |
| * |
| * @param request |
| * @return the credentials or null |
| * @throws LoginException if the credentials are invalid |
| * @throws ServletException if an error occurrs |
| */ |
| public Credentials getCredentials(HttpServletRequest request) |
| throws LoginException, ServletException; |
| } |