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package org.apache.ogt.http.auth;

import org.apache.ogt.http.Header;
import org.apache.ogt.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.ogt.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * This interface represents an extended  authentication scheme
 * that requires access to {@link HttpContext} in order to
 * generate an authorization string.
 *
 * TODO: Fix AuthScheme interface in the next major version
 *
 * @since 4.1
 */

public interface ContextAwareAuthScheme extends AuthScheme {

    /**
     * Produces an authorization string for the given set of
     * {@link Credentials}.
     *
     * @param credentials The set of credentials to be used for athentication
     * @param request The request being authenticated
     * @param context HTTP context
     * @throws AuthenticationException if authorization string cannot
     *   be generated due to an authentication failure
     *
     * @return the authorization string
     */
    Header authenticate(
            Credentials credentials,
            HttpRequest request,
            HttpContext context) throws AuthenticationException;

}