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/* Copyright 2004, 2005 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
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package org.acegisecurity.providers.ldap;

/**
 * The strategy interface for locating and authenticating an Ldap user.
 * 

* The LdapAuthenticationProvider calls this interface to authenticate a user * and obtain the information for that user from the directory. *

* * * @author Luke Taylor * @version $Id: LdapAuthenticator.java,v 1.2 2005/12/18 21:14:27 luke_t Exp $ */ public interface LdapAuthenticator { /** * Authenticates as a user and obtains additional user information * from the directory. * * @param username the user's login name (not their DN). * @param password the user's password supplied at login. * @return the details of the successfully authenticated user. */ LdapUserInfo authenticate(String username, String password); }




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