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<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L19" href="#L19">19</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">package</strong> org.apache.shiro.authc;
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L20" href="#L20">20</a>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L21" href="#L21">21</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">import</strong> java.io.Serializable;
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<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L23" href="#L23">23</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L24" href="#L24">24</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;An &lt;tt&gt;AuthenticationToken&lt;/tt&gt; is a consolidation of an account's principals and supporting</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L25" href="#L25">25</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * credentials submitted by a user during an authentication attempt.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L26" href="#L26">26</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L27" href="#L27">27</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;The token is submitted to an {@link Authenticator Authenticator} via the</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L28" href="#L28">28</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link Authenticator#authenticate(AuthenticationToken) authenticate(token)} method. The</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L29" href="#L29">29</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Authenticator then executes the authentication/log-in process.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L30" href="#L30">30</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L31" href="#L31">31</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Common implementations of an &lt;tt&gt;AuthenticationToken&lt;/tt&gt; would have username/password</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L32" href="#L32">32</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * pairs, X.509 Certificate, PGP key, or anything else you can think of. The token can be</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L33" href="#L33">33</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * anything needed by an {@link Authenticator} to authenticate properly.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L34" href="#L34">34</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L35" href="#L35">35</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Because applications represent user data and credentials in different ways, implementations</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L36" href="#L36">36</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * of this interface are application-specific. You are free to acquire a user's principals and</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L37" href="#L37">37</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * credentials however you wish (e.g. web form, Swing form, fingerprint identification, etc) and</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L38" href="#L38">38</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * then submit them to the Shiro framework in the form of an implementation of this</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L39" href="#L39">39</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * interface.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L40" href="#L40">40</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L41" href="#L41">41</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;If your application's authentication process is username/password based</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L42" href="#L42">42</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * (like most), instead of implementing this interface yourself, take a look at the</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L43" href="#L43">43</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link UsernamePasswordToken UsernamePasswordToken} class, as it is probably sufficient for your needs.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L44" href="#L44">44</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L45" href="#L45">45</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;RememberMe services are enabled for a token if they implement a sub-interface of this one, called</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L46" href="#L46">46</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link RememberMeAuthenticationToken RememberMeAuthenticationToken}. Implement that interface if you need</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L47" href="#L47">47</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * RememberMe services (the &lt;tt&gt;UsernamePasswordToken&lt;/tt&gt; already implements this interface).</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L48" href="#L48">48</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L49" href="#L49">49</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;If you are familiar with JAAS, an &lt;tt&gt;AuthenticationToken&lt;/tt&gt; replaces the concept of a</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L50" href="#L50">50</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link javax.security.auth.callback.Callback}, and defines meaningful behavior</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L51" href="#L51">51</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * (&lt;tt&gt;Callback&lt;/tt&gt; is just a marker interface, and of little use). We</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L52" href="#L52">52</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * also think the name &lt;em&gt;AuthenticationToken&lt;/em&gt; more accurately reflects its true purpose</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L53" href="#L53">53</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * in a login framework, whereas &lt;em&gt;Callback&lt;/em&gt; is less obvious.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L54" href="#L54">54</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L55" href="#L55">55</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @see RememberMeAuthenticationToken</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L56" href="#L56">56</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @see HostAuthenticationToken</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L57" href="#L57">57</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @see UsernamePasswordToken</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L58" href="#L58">58</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @since 0.1</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L59" href="#L59">59</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L60" href="#L60">60</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">interface</strong> <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationToken.html">AuthenticationToken</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">extends</strong> Serializable {
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L61" href="#L61">61</a>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L62" href="#L62">62</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L63" href="#L63">63</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Returns the account identity submitted during the authentication process.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L64" href="#L64">64</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L65" href="#L65">65</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Most application authentications are username/password based and have this</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L66" href="#L66">66</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * object represent a username. If this is the case for your application,</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L67" href="#L67">67</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * take a look at the {@link UsernamePasswordToken UsernamePasswordToken}, as it is probably</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L68" href="#L68">68</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * sufficient for your use.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L69" href="#L69">69</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L70" href="#L70">70</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Ultimately, the object returned is application specific and can represent</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L71" href="#L71">71</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * any account identity (user id, X.509 certificate, etc).</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L72" href="#L72">72</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L73" href="#L73">73</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @return the account identity submitted during the authentication process.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L74" href="#L74">74</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @see UsernamePasswordToken</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L75" href="#L75">75</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L76" href="#L76">76</a> Object getPrincipal();
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L77" href="#L77">77</a>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L78" href="#L78">78</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L79" href="#L79">79</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Returns the credentials submitted by the user during the authentication process that verifies</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L80" href="#L80">80</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * the submitted {@link #getPrincipal() account identity}.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L81" href="#L81">81</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L82" href="#L82">82</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Most application authentications are username/password based and have this object</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L83" href="#L83">83</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * represent a submitted password. If this is the case for your application,</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L84" href="#L84">84</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * take a look at the {@link UsernamePasswordToken UsernamePasswordToken}, as it is probably</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L85" href="#L85">85</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * sufficient for your use.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L86" href="#L86">86</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L87" href="#L87">87</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p&gt;Ultimately, the credentials Object returned is application specific and can represent</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L88" href="#L88">88</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * any credential mechanism.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L89" href="#L89">89</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L90" href="#L90">90</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @return the credential submitted by the user during the authentication process.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L91" href="#L91">91</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L92" href="#L92">92</a> Object getCredentials();
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L93" href="#L93">93</a>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L94" href="#L94">94</a> }
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