| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2004 - 2012 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation |
| */ |
| package org.eclipse.net4j.util.security; |
| |
| /** |
| * Authenticates users. |
| * |
| * @author Eike Stepper |
| * @since 3.3 |
| */ |
| public interface IAuthenticator |
| { |
| /** |
| * Authenticates the user with the passed <code>userID</code> by checking whether the supplied <code>password</code> |
| * matches the password <i>stored</i> for this user. |
| * <p> |
| * The implementation is required to throw a {@link SecurityException} if the passwords do <b>not</b> match. |
| */ |
| public void authenticate(String userID, char[] password) throws SecurityException; |
| } |
