Verifier.java

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package org.restlet.security;

import org.restlet.Request;
import org.restlet.Response;

/**
 * Verifies the credentials provided by a client user sending a request.
 * 
 * @author Jerome Louvel
 */
public interface Verifier {

    /** Invalid credentials provided. */
    public final static int RESULT_INVALID = -1;

    /** No credentials provided. */
    public final static int RESULT_MISSING = 0;

    /** Stale credentials provided. */
    public final static int RESULT_STALE = 1;

    /** Unsupported credentials. */
    public final static int RESULT_UNSUPPORTED = 3;

    /** Unknown user. */
    public final static int RESULT_UNKNOWN = 5;

    /** Valid credentials provided. */
    public final static int RESULT_VALID = 4;

    /**
     * Attempts to verify the credentials provided by the client user sending
     * the request.
     * 
     * @param request
     *            The request sent.
     * @param response
     *            The response to update.
     * @return Result of the verification based on the RESULT_* constants.
     */
    int verify(Request request, Response response);

}