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+#ifndef QPID_SASL_H
+#define QPID_SASL_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include "qpid/sys/IntegerTypes.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+
+namespace sys {
+class SecurityLayer;
+struct SecuritySettings;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface to SASL support. This class is implemented by platform-specific
+ * SASL providers.
+ */
+class Sasl
+{
+  public:
+    /**
+     * Start SASL negotiation with the broker.
+     *
+     * @param mechanisms Comma-separated list of the SASL mechanism the
+     *             client supports.
+     * @param externalSecuritySettings security related details from the underlying transport
+     */
+    virtual std::string start(const std::string& mechanisms,
+                              const qpid::sys::SecuritySettings* externalSecuritySettings = 0) = 0;
+    virtual std::string step(const std::string& challenge) = 0;
+    virtual std::string getMechanism() = 0;
+    virtual std::string getUserId() = 0;
+    virtual std::auto_ptr<qpid::sys::SecurityLayer> getSecurityLayer(uint16_t maxFrameSize) = 0;    
+    virtual ~Sasl() {}
+};
+} // namespace qpid
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_SASL_H*/