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Smack/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/UserAuthentication.java
Jay Kline 13b8d313ba Big change for authentication, which now supports more SASL mechanisms and
callbacks.  This should address issues SMACK-210 and SMACK-142, as well as 
set the stage for SMACK-234. 



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/**
* $RCSfile$
* $Revision: $
* $Date: $
*
* Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software.
*
* 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 org.jivesoftware.smack;
import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
/**
* There are two ways to authenticate a user with a server. Using SASL or Non-SASL
* authentication. This interface makes {@link SASLAuthentication} and
* {@link NonSASLAuthentication} polyphormic.
*
* @author Gaston Dombiak
* @author Jay Kline
*/
interface UserAuthentication {
/**
* Authenticates the user with the server. This method will return the full JID provided by
* the server. The server may assign a full JID with a username and resource different than
* requested by this method.
*
* Note that using callbacks is the prefered method of authenticating users since it allows
* more flexability in the mechanisms used.
*
* @param username the requested username (authorization ID) for authenticating to the server
* @param resource the requested resource.
* @param cbh the CallbackHandler used to obtain authentication ID, password, or other
* information
* @return the full JID provided by the server while binding a resource for the connection.
* @throws XMPPException if an error occurs while authenticating.
*/
String authenticate(String username, String resource, CallbackHandler cbh) throws
XMPPException;
/**
* Authenticates the user with the server. This method will return the full JID provided by
* the server. The server may assign a full JID with a username and resource different than
* the requested by this method.
*
* It is recommended that @{link #authenticate(String, String, CallbackHandler)} be used instead
* since it provides greater flexability in authenticaiton and authorization.
*
* @param username the username that is authenticating with the server.
* @param password the password to send to the server.
* @param resource the desired resource.
* @return the full JID provided by the server while binding a resource for the connection.
* @throws XMPPException if an error occures while authenticating.
*/
String authenticate(String username, String password, String resource) throws
XMPPException;
/**
* Performs an anonymous authentication with the server. The server will created a new full JID
* for this connection. An exception will be thrown if the server does not support anonymous
* authentication.
*
* @return the full JID provided by the server while binding a resource for the connection.
* @throws XMPPException if an error occures while authenticating.
*/
String authenticateAnonymously() throws XMPPException;
}