| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010 VMware Inc. |
| * 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: |
| * VMware Inc. - initial contribution |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.virgo.nano.authentication; |
| |
| /** |
| * A container encapsulating a collection of credentials |
| * <p /> |
| * |
| * <strong>Concurrent Semantics</strong><br /> |
| * |
| * Implementations must be threadsafe |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface CredentialStore { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets a {@link User} based on a given user name |
| * |
| * @param name The name of the {@link User} to retrieve |
| * @return The {@link User} represented by the user name or <code>null</code> if one does not exist |
| */ |
| User getUser(String name); |
| } |
