package org.apereo.cas.ticket.proxy;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.Credential;
import org.apereo.cas.ticket.TicketGrantingTicket;
/**
* Abstraction for what needs to be done to handle proxies. Useful because the
* generic flow for all authentication is similar the actions taken for proxying
* are different. One can swap in/out implementations but keep the flow of
* events the same.
*
* @author Scott Battaglia
* @author Misagh Moayyed
* @since 3.0.0
*/
public interface ProxyHandler {
/**
* Method to actually process the proxy request.
*
* @param credential The credential of the item that will be proxying.
* @param proxyGrantingTicketId The ticketId for the PGT (which really is a TGT)
* @return the String value that needs to be passed to the CAS client.
*/
String handle(Credential credential, TicketGrantingTicket proxyGrantingTicketId);
/**
* Whether this handler can support the proxy request identified by the given credentials.
*
* @param credential the credential object containing the proxy request details.
* @return true, if successful
*/
boolean canHandle(Credential credential);
}