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package org.apache.http.auth;
import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
/**
* This interface represents an extended authentication scheme
* that requires access to {@link HttpContext} in order to
* generate an authorization string.
*
* TODO: Fix AuthScheme interface in the next major version
*
* @since 4.1
*/
public interface ContextAwareAuthScheme extends AuthScheme {
/**
* Produces an authorization string for the given set of
* {@link Credentials}.
*
* @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication
* @param request The request being authenticated
* @param context HTTP context
* @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot
* be generated due to an authentication failure
*
* @return the authorization string
*/
Header authenticate(
Credentials credentials,
HttpRequest request,
HttpContext context) throws AuthenticationException;
}