/* -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
 *  vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=2:tabstop=2:smarttab:
 *
 *  Definitions required for Authentication plugin
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
 *
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 */

#ifndef DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_AUTHENTICATION_H
#define DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_AUTHENTICATION_H

#include <string>

#include <drizzled/plugin.h>
#include <drizzled/plugin/plugin.h>
#include <drizzled/identifier.h>

#include <drizzled/visibility.h>

namespace drizzled
{

namespace identifier {
class User;
} 

namespace plugin
{

class DRIZZLED_API Authentication : public Plugin
{
  Authentication();
  Authentication(const Authentication &);
  Authentication& operator=(const Authentication &);
public:
  explicit Authentication(std::string name_arg)
    : Plugin(name_arg, "Authentication")
  {}
  virtual ~Authentication() {}

  virtual bool authenticate(const identifier::User &sctx,
                            const std::string &passwd)= 0;

  static bool addPlugin(plugin::Authentication *auth);
  static void removePlugin(plugin::Authentication *auth);
  static bool isAuthenticated(drizzled::identifier::User::const_reference sctx,
                              const std::string &password);
};

} /* namespace plugin */
} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_AUTHENTICATION_H */
