1 /* 2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.juddi.auth; 17 18 /*** 19 * @author Steve Viens (sviens@apache.org) 20 */ 21 public interface Authenticator 22 { 23 /*** 24 * 25 * @param userID 26 * @param cred 27 * @return The publisherID for this user 28 * @throws RegistryException 29 */ 30 String authenticate(String userID,String cred) 31 throws org.apache.juddi.error.RegistryException; 32 }