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/**
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The SeedStack authors 
 *
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */
package org.seedstack.seed.security;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;

import org.seedstack.seed.security.principals.PrincipalProvider;

/**
 * A realm is used to authenticate and retrieve authorization for a user.
 * 
 * @author [email protected]
 * 
 */
public interface Realm {

    /**
     * Get the roles
     * 
     * @param identityPrincipal
     *            principal representing the identity of the user
     * @param otherPrincipals
     *            other principals
     * @return the roles of the user. Should not return null but empty
     *         collection.
     */
    Set getRealmRoles(PrincipalProvider identityPrincipal, Collection> otherPrincipals);

    /**
     * Authenticates the user and retrieves its properties in an
     * {@link AuthenticationInfo}
     * 
     * @param token
     *            the credentials
     * @return the authentication of the user
     * @throws AuthenticationException
     *             if the user cannot be authenticated.
     */
    AuthenticationInfo getAuthenticationInfo(AuthenticationToken token) throws AuthenticationException;

    /**
     * Retrieves the RoleMapping associated to this realm
     * 
     * @return the RoleMapping
     */
    RoleMapping getRoleMapping();

    /**
     * Retrieves the RolePermissionResolver associated to this realm
     * 
     * @return the RolePermissionResolver
     */
    RolePermissionResolver getRolePermissionResolver();

    /**
     * Indicates the authentication token supported by this realm
     * 
     * @return the class of AuthenticationToken supported
     */
    Class supportedToken();
}