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package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.manager;

import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;

import org.apache.qpid.common.Closeable;
import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationResult;

/**
 * The AuthenticationManager class is the entity responsible for
 * determining the authenticity of user credentials.
 */
public interface AuthenticationManager extends Closeable
{
    String getMechanisms();

    SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String localFQDN) throws SaslException;

    AuthenticationResult authenticate(SaslServer server, byte[] response);
}