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package net.java.sipmack.sip.security;
/**
* SecurityAuthority is used by SipSecurityManager as an interface to an entity
* capable of providing user credentials (password);
*
* @author Emil Ivov <emcho@dev.java.net>
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface SecurityAuthority {
/**
* Returns a Credentials object associated with the specified realm.
*
* @param realm The realm that the credentials are needed for.
* @param defaultValues the values to propose the user by default
* @return The credentials associated with the specified realm or null if
* none could be provided.
*/
public Credentials obtainCredentials(String realm,
Credentials defaultValues);
}