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package org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml.validators;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.base.IdentityException;
import org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.saml.dto.SAMLSSOReqValidationResponseDTO;
/**
* Interface to implement in order to validate a received SAML SSO request
* Implementation class should be defined in <>identity.xml</> under <>SSOService</> element as
* <IdPInitSSOAuthnRequestValidator></IdPInitSSOAuthnRequestValidator> for IDP initiated authentication request flow,
* <SPInitSSOAuthnRequestValidator></SPInitSSOAuthnRequestValidator> for SP initiated authentication request flow.
*/
public interface SSOAuthnRequestValidator {
/**
* Validates the authentication request according to SAML SSO Web Browser Specification
*
* @return SAMLSSOSignInResponseDTO : includes validation outputs
* @throws IdentityException
*/
SAMLSSOReqValidationResponseDTO validate() throws IdentityException;
}