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package org.keycloak.credential;
import org.keycloak.models.CredentialValidationOutput;
import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
import org.keycloak.models.RealmModel;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Single purpose method that knows how to authenticate a user based on a credential type. This is used when the user
* is not known but the provider knows how to extract this information from the credential. Examples are Kerberos.
*
* @author Bill Burke
* @version $Revision: 1 $
*/
public interface CredentialAuthentication {
boolean supportsCredentialAuthenticationFor(String type);
CredentialValidationOutput authenticate(RealmModel realm, CredentialInput input);
}