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package org.apache.qpid.server.model;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;

import org.apache.qpid.server.security.SubjectCreator;
import org.apache.qpid.server.security.group.GroupPrincipalAccessor;

public interface AuthenticationProvider extends ConfiguredObject
{

    public static final String ID = "id";
    public static final String DESCRIPTION = "description";
    public static final String NAME = "name";
    public static final String STATE = "state";
    public static final String DURABLE = "durable";
    public static final String LIFETIME_POLICY = "lifetimePolicy";
    public static final String TIME_TO_LIVE = "timeToLive";
    public static final String CREATED = "created";
    public static final String UPDATED = "updated";
    public static final String TYPE = "type";

    public static final Collection<String> AVAILABLE_ATTRIBUTES =
            Collections.unmodifiableList(
                    Arrays.asList(ID,
                                  NAME,
                                  DESCRIPTION,
                                  STATE,
                                  DURABLE,
                                  LIFETIME_POLICY,
                                  TIME_TO_LIVE,
                                  CREATED,
                                  UPDATED,
                                  TYPE));
    //children
    Collection<VirtualHostAlias> getVirtualHostPortBindings();

    String getName();

    /**
     * A temporary method to create SubjectCreator.
     *
     * TODO: move all the functionality from SubjectCreator into AuthenticationProvider
     */
    SubjectCreator getSubjectCreator();

    void setGroupAccessor(GroupPrincipalAccessor groupPrincipalAccessor);
}