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package org.apache.ldap.server.authn;


import org.apache.ldap.server.PartitionNexus;
import org.apache.ldap.server.configuration.AuthenticatorConfiguration;
import org.apache.ldap.server.configuration.StartupConfiguration;


/**
 * Defines a set of methods that an authenticator uses to communicate with its container,
 * for example, to get the partition nexus, or whether the server is configured to accept
 * anonymous connection.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 * @version $Rev$
 */
public interface AuthenticatorContext
{
    /**
     * Returns root configuration.
     */
    public StartupConfiguration getRootConfiguration();

    /**
     * Returns configuration of the {@link Authenticator}.
     */
    public AuthenticatorConfiguration getConfiguration();

    /**
     * Returns {@link PartitionNexus}.
     */
    public PartitionNexus getPartitionNexus();
}