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 * Copyright 2012 LinkedIn, Inc
 * 
 * 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
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 * 
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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package azkaban.user;

/**
 * Interface for the UserManager. Implementors will have to handle the retrieval
 * of the User object given the username and password.
 * 
 * The constructor will be called with a azkaban.utils.Props object passed as the only
 * parameter. If such a constructor doesn't exist, than the UserManager instantiation may
 * fail.
 */
public interface UserManager {
	/**
	 * Retrieves the user given the username and password to authenticate against.
	 * 
	 * @param username
	 * @param password
	 * @return
	 * @throws UserManagerException If the username/password combination doesn't exist.
	 */
	public User getUser(String username, String password) throws UserManagerException;
	
	public boolean validateUser(String username);
}
