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* Florent Guillaume
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package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.opencmis.bindings;
import javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext;
import javax.security.auth.login.LoginException;
/**
* Interface defining a login method, used during SOAP authentication.
* <p>
* The provider can be redefined by a Nuxeo Framework property named with the full name of this interface.
*/
public interface LoginProvider {
/**
* Log in the user given the username and password, and returns a login context.
*
* @param username the username
* @param password the password
* @return the login context
* @throws LoginException if the user cannot be logged in
*/
LoginContext login(String username, String password) throws LoginException;
}