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/**
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 *  '$RCSfile$'
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 *    Purpose: An interface representing the methods that should be 
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 *             implemented by an authentication service
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 *  Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the
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 *             National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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 *    Authors: Matt Jones
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 *    Release: @release@
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 *
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 *   '$Author: bojilova $'
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 *     '$Date: 2001-04-17 09:32:07 -0700 (Tue, 17 Apr 2001) $'
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 * '$Revision: 730 $'
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 *
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 * (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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 */
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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat;
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import java.net.ConnectException;
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import java.util.HashMap;
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/**
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 * An interface representing the methods that should be 
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 * implemented by an authentication service.  The authentication service is
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 * used to determine if a user is authenticated, and whether they are a member 
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 * of a particular group.
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 */
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public interface AuthInterface {
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  /**
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   * Determine if a user/password are valid according to the authentication
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   * service.
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   *
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   * @param user the name of the principal to authenticate
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   * @param password the password to use for authentication
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   * @returns boolean true if authentication successful, false otherwise
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   */
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  public boolean authenticate(String user, String password)
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get all users from the authentication service
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   */
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  public String[] getUsers(String user, String password) 
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get the users for a particular group from the authentication service
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  public String[] getUsers(String user, String password, String group)
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get all groups from the authentication service
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  public String[] getGroups(String user, String password)
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get the groups for a particular user from the authentication service
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  public String[] getGroups(String user, String password, String foruser)
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get attributes describing a user or group
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   * @returns HashMap a map of attribute name to a Vector of values
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  public HashMap getAttributes(String foruser) 
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  /**
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   * Get attributes describing a user or group
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   * @param authuser the user for authenticating against the service
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   * @param password the password for authenticating against the service
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   * @returns HashMap a map of attribute name to a Vector of values
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  public HashMap getAttributes(String user, String password, String foruser) 
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         throws ConnectException;
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  /**
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   * Get all groups and users from authentication service.
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   * The output is formatted in XML.
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   * @param user the user which requests the information
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   * @param password the user's password
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  public String getPrincipals(String user, String password)
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                throws ConnectException;
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}
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