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| * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the |
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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, |
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| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.wss4j.dom.validate; |
| |
| |
| import org.apache.wss4j.common.ext.WSSecurityException; |
| import org.apache.wss4j.dom.handler.RequestData; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface describes a pluggable way of validating credentials that have been extracted |
| * by the processors. |
| */ |
| public interface Validator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Validate the credential argument. This method returns a Credential instance that |
| * represents the validated credential. This instance can be the same as the instance |
| * that was validated, or it can represent some transformation of the initial Credential |
| * instance. |
| * @param credential the Credential to be validated |
| * @param data the RequestData associated with the request |
| * @return a validated Credential |
| * @throws WSSecurityException on a failed validation |
| */ |
| Credential validate(Credential credential, RequestData data) throws WSSecurityException; |
| |
| |
| } |