| /* |
| * Copyright 1999,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| |
| |
| package org.apache.catalina; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * An <b>Authenticator</b> is a component (usually a Valve or Container) that |
| * provides some sort of authentication service. The interface itself has no |
| * functional significance, but is used as a tagging mechanism so that other |
| * components can detect the presence (via an "instanceof Authenticator" test) |
| * of an already configured authentication service. |
| * |
| * @author Craig R. McClanahan |
| * @version $Revision$ $Date$ |
| */ |
| |
| public interface Authenticator { |
| |
| |
| } |
