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package org.jboss.remoting3.security;
/**
*
*/
public interface ServerAuthenticationProvider {
/**
* Get a callback handler for the given mechanism name.
*
* This method is called each time a mechanism is selected for the connection and the resulting
* AuthorizingCallbackHandler will be cached and used multiple times for this connection, AuthorizingCallbackHandler
* should either be thread safe or the ServerAuthenticationProvider should provide a new instance each time called.
*
* @param mechanismName the SASL mechanism to get a callback handler for
* @return the callback handler or {@code null} if the mechanism is not supported
*/
AuthorizingCallbackHandler getCallbackHandler(String mechanismName);
}