Realm.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.account;

import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;

public interface Realm {
  /** Can the end-user modify this field of their own account? */
  public boolean allowsEdit(Account.FieldName field);

  public AuthRequest authenticate(AuthRequest who) throws AccountException;

  public AuthRequest link(ReviewDb db, Account.Id to, AuthRequest who)
      throws AccountException;

  public AuthRequest unlink(ReviewDb db, Account.Id to, AuthRequest who)
      throws AccountException;

  public void onCreateAccount(AuthRequest who, Account account);

  /**
   * Locate an account whose local username is the given account name.
   * <p>
   * Generally this only works for local realms, such as one backed by an LDAP
   * directory, or where there is an {@link EmailExpander} configured that knows
   * how to convert the accountName into an email address, and then locate the
   * user by that email address.
   */
  public Account.Id lookup(String accountName);
}