/*************************************************************************** * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ***************************************************************************/ package com.vmware.bdd.security.service; /* * Interface IAuthenticationService is used to handle authentication. * Usually, we put a class(i.g. UserAuthenticationService) which * implement IAuthenticationService into a authentication provider * (such as UserAuthenticationProvider). We can validate the login info * through validate method of IAuthenticationService. * */ public interface IAuthenticationService { void validate () throws Exception; }