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package org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.interfaces;

import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.InternalDistributedMember;

public interface Authenticator {

  /**
   * Authenticate peer member
   *
   * @param member the member to be authenticated
   * @param credentials the credentials used in authentication
   * @return null if authentication succeed (including no authenticator case), otherwise, return
   *         failure message
   */
  String authenticate(InternalDistributedMember member, Properties credentials);

  /**
   * Get credential object for the given GemFire distributed member.
   *
   * @param member the target distributed member
   * @return the credentials
   */
  Properties getCredentials(InternalDistributedMember member);
}