01: /*
02: * Copyright 1999,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.apache.catalina;
18:
19: /**
20: * An <b>Authenticator</b> is a component (usually a Valve or Container) that
21: * provides some sort of authentication service. The interface itself has no
22: * functional significance, but is used as a tagging mechanism so that other
23: * components can detect the presence (via an "instanceof Authenticator" test)
24: * of an already configured authentication service.
25: *
26: * @author Craig R. McClanahan
27: * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/02/27 14:58:38 $
28: */
29:
30: public interface Authenticator {
31:
32: }
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