Chapter 6. Identity Trust Manager

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package org.jboss.security.identitytrust;

import org.jboss.security.BaseSecurityManager;
import org.jboss.security.SecurityContext;

//$Id$

/**
 *  Interface representing the trust manager
 *  for determining Identity
 *  @author Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com
 *  @version $Revision$
 */
public interface IdentityTrustManager extends BaseSecurityManager
{ 
   public enum TrustDecision{Permit,Deny,NotApplicable};
   
   /**
    * Make a Trust Decision on a security context
    * @param securityContext Security Context on which to act on
    * @return
    */
   TrustDecision isTrusted(SecurityContext securityContext);
}