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package org.apache.ignite.plugin.security;
import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCheckedException;
/**
* Security credentials provider for specifying security credentials.
* Security credentials used for node authentication.
* <p>
* Getting credentials through {@link SecurityCredentialsProvider} abstraction allows
* users to provide custom implementations for storing user names and passwords in their
* environment, possibly in encrypted format. Ignite comes with
* {@link SecurityCredentialsBasicProvider} which simply provides
* the passed in {@code login} and {@code password} when encryption or custom logic is not required.
* <p>
* In addition to {@code login} and {@code password}, security credentials allow for
* specifying {@link SecurityCredentials#setUserObject(Object) userObject} as well, which can be used
* to pass in any additional information required for authentication.
*/
public interface SecurityCredentialsProvider {
/**
* Gets security credentials.
*
* @return Security credentials.
* @throws IgniteCheckedException If failed.
*/
public SecurityCredentials credentials() throws IgniteCheckedException;
}