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| Copyright (C) 2006 Christopher Kohlhaas |
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package org.rapla.storage;
import org.rapla.entities.Category;
import org.rapla.entities.User;
import org.rapla.framework.RaplaException;
public interface AuthenticationStore {
String ROLE = AuthenticationStore.class.getName();
/** returns, if the user can be authenticated. */
boolean authenticate(String username, String password);
/** returns the name of the store */
String getName();
/** Initializes a user entity with the values provided by the authentication store.
* @return <code>true</code> if the new user-object attributes (such as email, name, or groups) differ from the values stored before the method was executed, <code>false</code> otherwise. */
boolean initUser( User user, String username, String password, Category groupRootCategory) throws RaplaException;
}
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