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package io.undertow.security.api;

import io.undertow.security.idm.IdentityManager;
import io.undertow.server.handlers.form.FormParserFactory;

import java.util.Map;

Factory for authentication mechanisms.
Author:
Stuart Douglas/**
 *
 * Factory for authentication mechanisms.
 *
 *
 *
 * @author Stuart Douglas
 */
public interface AuthenticationMechanismFactory {

    String REALM = "realm";
    String LOGIN_PAGE = "login_page";
    String ERROR_PAGE = "error_page";
    String CONTEXT_PATH = "context_path";

    
Creates an authentication mechanism using the specified properties
Params:
mechanismName – The name under which this factory was registered
properties – The properties
formParserFactory – Parser to create a form data parser for a given request.
Returns:
The mechanism/**
     * Creates an authentication mechanism using the specified properties
     *
     * @param mechanismName The name under which this factory was registered
     * @param properties The properties
     * @param formParserFactory Parser to create a form data parser for a given request.
     * @return The mechanism
     */
    @Deprecated
    default AuthenticationMechanism create(String mechanismName, FormParserFactory formParserFactory, final Map<String, String> properties) {
        return null;
    }

    
Creates an authentication mechanism that needs access to the deployment IdentityManager and specified properties
Params:
mechanismName – The name under which this factory was registered
identityManager – the IdentityManager instance asscociated with the deployment
formParserFactory – Parser to create a form data parser for a given request.
properties – The properties
Returns:
The mechanism/**
     * Creates an authentication mechanism that needs access to the deployment IdentityManager and specified properties
     *
     * @param mechanismName The name under which this factory was registered
     * @param identityManager the IdentityManager instance asscociated with the deployment
     * @param formParserFactory Parser to create a form data parser for a given request.
     * @param properties The properties
     * @return The mechanism
     */
    default AuthenticationMechanism create(String mechanismName, IdentityManager identityManager, FormParserFactory formParserFactory, final Map<String, String> properties) {
        return create(mechanismName, formParserFactory, properties);
    }

}