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package org.apache.catalina;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.catalina.connector.Request;
/**
* An Authenticator is a component (usually a Valve or Container) that
* provides some sort of authentication service.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
*/
public interface Authenticator {
/**
* Authenticate the user making this request, based on the login
* configuration of the {@link Context} with which this Authenticator is
* associated.
*
* @param request Request we are processing
* @param response Response we are populating
*
* @return true if any specified constraints have been
* satisfied, or false if one more constraints were not
* satisfied (in which case an authentication challenge will have
* been written to the response).
*
* @exception IOException if an input/output error occurs
*/
public boolean authenticate(Request request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException;
public void login(String userName, String password, Request request)
throws ServletException;
public void logout(Request request);
}