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package org.apache.hc.client5.http.protocol;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthChallenge;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScheme;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.ChallengeType;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * Strategy to select auth schemes in order of preference based on auth challenges
 * presented by the opposite endpoint (target server or a proxy).
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared data must be
 * synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed from multiple threads.
 *
 * @since 4.2
 */
public interface AuthenticationStrategy {

    /**
     * Returns an list of {@link AuthScheme}s to handle the given {@link AuthChallenge}s
     * in their order of preference.
     *
     * @param challengeType challenge type.
     * @param challenges collection of challenges.
     * @param context HTTP context.
     * @return authentication auth schemes that can be used for authentication. Can be empty.
     *
     *  @since 5.0
     */
    List<AuthScheme> select(
            ChallengeType challengeType,
            Map<String, AuthChallenge> challenges,
            HttpContext context);

}