01: /*
02: * JOSSO: Java Open Single Sign-On
03: *
04: * Copyright 2004-2008, Atricore, Inc.
05: *
06: * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
07: * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
08: * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
09: * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17: * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
18: * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
19: * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
20: */
21:
22: package org.josso.auth;
23:
24: /**
25: * Interface to be implemented by components which can build user Credentials.
26: *
27: * @author <a href="mailto:gbrigand@josso.org">Gianluca Brigandi</a>
28: * @version $Id: CredentialProvider.java 508 2008-02-18 13:32:29Z sgonzalez $
29: */
30:
31: public interface CredentialProvider {
32:
33: /**
34: * Creates a new credential based on its name and value.
35: *
36: * @param name the credential name
37: * @param value the credential value
38: * @return the Credential instance representing the supplied name-value pair.
39: */
40: Credential newCredential(String name, Object value);
41:
42: }
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