01: /*
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03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: *
17: */
18:
19: package org.apache.lenya.ac;
20:
21: import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component;
22: import org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request;
23:
24: /**
25: * An authenticator.
26: * @version $Id: Authenticator.java 473861 2006-11-12 03:51:14Z gregor $
27: */
28: public interface Authenticator extends Component {
29:
30: /**
31: * Avalon role.
32: */
33: String ROLE = Authenticator.class.getName();
34:
35: /**
36: * Authenticates a request.
37: * @param accreditableManager The accreditable manager to use.
38: * @param request The request.
39: * @return <code>true</code> if the request is authenticated, <code>false</code> otherwise.
40: * @throws AccessControlException when something went wrong.
41: */
42: boolean authenticate(AccreditableManager accreditableManager,
43: Request request) throws AccessControlException;
44: }
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