/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision: $ * $Date: 2006-04-07 09:28:54 -0500 (Fri, 07 Apr 2006) $ * * Copyright (C) 2004 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL), * a copy of which is included in this distribution. */ package org.jivesoftware.wildfire.sasl; /** * This is the interface the AuthorizationManager uses to * conduct authorizations. * * Users that wish to integrate with their own authorization * system must implement this interface, and are strongly * encouraged to extend either the AbstractAuthoriationPolicy * or the AbstractAuthorizationProvider classes which allow * the admin console manage the classes more effectively. * Register the class with Wildfire in the <tt>wildfire.xml</tt> * file. An entry in that file would look like the following: * * <pre> * <provider> * <authorizationpolicy> * <classlist>com.foo.auth.CustomPolicyProvider</classlist> * </authorizationpolicy> * </provider></pre> * * @author Jay Kline */ public interface AuthorizationProvider { /** * Returns true if the principal is explicity authorized to the JID * * @param username The username requested. * @param principal The principal requesting the username. * @return true is the user is authorized to be principal */ public boolean authorize(String username, String principal); }