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

import javax.security.auth.callback.PasswordCallback;
import javax.security.auth.login.AccountNotFoundException;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Represents a "user database" which is really a way of storing principals (i.e. usernames) and
 * passwords.
 */
public interface PrincipalDatabase
{
    /**
     * Set the password for a given principal in the specified callback. This is used for certain
     * SASL providers. The user database implementation should look up the password in any way it
     * chooses and set it in the callback by calling its setPassword method.
     * @param principal the principal
     * @param callback the password callback that wants to receive the password
     * @throws AccountNotFoundException if the account for specified principal could not be found
     * @throws IOException if there was an error looking up the principal
     */
    void setPassword(Principal principal, PasswordCallback callback)
            throws IOException, AccountNotFoundException;
}
