/* See LICENSE for licensing and NOTICE for copyright. */
package org.ldaptive.auth;
import org.ldaptive.LdapEntry;
import org.ldaptive.LdapException;
/**
* Provides an interface for finding a user's ldap entry after a successful authentication.
*
* @author Middleware Services
*/
public interface EntryResolver
{
/**
* Attempts to find the LDAP entry for the supplied authentication criteria and authentication handler response. The
* connection available in the response should <b>not</b> be closed in this method.
*
* @param criteria authentication criteria used to perform the authentication
* @param response produced by the authentication handler
*
* @return ldap entry
*
* @throws LdapException if an LDAP error occurs
*/
LdapEntry resolve(AuthenticationCriteria criteria, AuthenticationHandlerResponse response)
throws LdapException;
}