trunk/oak-security-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/security/authentication/LoginContextProvider.java

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.authentication;

import javax.jcr.Credentials;
import javax.security.auth.login.LoginException;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * Configurable provider taking care of building login contexts for
 * the desired authentication mechanism.
 * <p>
 * This provider defines a single method {@link #getLoginContext(javax.jcr.Credentials, String)}
 * that takes the {@link Credentials credentials} and the workspace name such
 * as passed to {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.ContentRepository#login(javax.jcr.Credentials, String)}.
 */
public interface LoginContextProvider {

    /**
     * Returns a new login context instance for handling authentication.
     *
     * @param credentials The {@link Credentials} such as passed to the
     * {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.ContentRepository#login(javax.jcr.Credentials, String) login}
     * method of the repository.
     * @param workspaceName The name of the workspace that is being accessed by
     * the login called.
     * @return a new login context
     * @throws LoginException If an error occurs while creating a new context.
     */
    @NotNull
    LoginContext getLoginContext(Credentials credentials, String workspaceName) throws LoginException;
}