gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/auth/AuthBackend.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.auth;

import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.ExtensionPoint;

/**
 * Implementations of AuthBackend authenticate users for incoming request.
 */
@ExtensionPoint
public interface AuthBackend {

  /** @return an identifier that uniquely describes the backend. */
  String getDomain();

  /**
   * Authenticate inspects the AuthRequest and returns authenticated user. If
   * the request is unable to be authenticated, an exception will be thrown. The
   * {@link MissingCredentialsException} must be thrown when there are no
   * credentials for the request. It is expected that at most one AuthBackend
   * will either return an AuthUser or throw a non-MissingCredentialsException.
   *
   * @param req the object describing the request.
   * @return the successfully authenticated user.
   * @throws MissingCredentialsException when there are no credentials.
   * @throws InvalidCredentialsException when the credentials are present and
   *         invalid.
   * @throws UnknownUserException when the credentials are valid but there is
   *         no matching user.
   * @throws UserNotAllowedException when the credentials are valid but the user
   *         is not allowed.
   * @throws AuthException when any other error occurs.
   */
  AuthUser authenticate(AuthRequest req) throws MissingCredentialsException,
      InvalidCredentialsException, UnknownUserException,
      UserNotAllowedException, AuthException;
}