server/src/com/cloud/server/auth/UserAuthenticator.java

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package com.cloud.server.auth;

import java.util.Map;

import com.cloud.utils.component.Adapter;

/**
 * which UserAuthenticator to user in components.xml.
 * 
 */
public interface UserAuthenticator extends Adapter {
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param username
	 * @param password
	 * @param domainId
	 * @return true if the user has been successfully authenticated, false otherwise
	 */
	public boolean authenticate(String username, String password, Long domainId, Map<String, Object[]> requestParameters);
	
	/**
	 * @param password
	 * @return the encoded password
	 */
	public String encode(String password);
}