AuthenticatedUser.java

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package org.apache.guacamole.net.auth;


/**
 * A user of the Guacamole web application who has been authenticated by an
 * AuthenticationProvider.
 *
 * @author Michael Jumper
 */
public interface AuthenticatedUser extends Identifiable {

    /**
     * The identifier reserved for representing a user that has authenticated
     * anonymously.
     */
    public static final String ANONYMOUS_IDENTIFIER = "";

    /**
     * Returns the AuthenticationProvider that authenticated this user.
     *
     * @return
     *     The AuthenticationProvider that authenticated this user.
     */
    AuthenticationProvider getAuthenticationProvider();

    /**
     * Returns the credentials that the user provided when they successfully
     * authenticated.
     *
     * @return
     *     The credentials provided by the user when they authenticated.
     */
    Credentials getCredentials();

}