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package io.undertow.security.api;

import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

import javax.security.auth.Subject;

/**
 * The GSSAPIServerSubjectFactory is a factory responsible for returning the {@link Subject} that should be used for handing the
 * GSSAPI based authentication for a specific request.
 *
 * The authentication handlers will not perform any caching of the returned Subject, the factory implementation can either
 * return a new Subject for each request or can cache them maybe based on the expiration time of tickets contained within the
 * Subject.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:darran.lofthouse@jboss.com">Darran Lofthouse</a>
 */
public interface GSSAPIServerSubjectFactory {

    // TODO - Does this need to be supplying some kind of wrapper that allows a try/finally approach to being and end using the Subject?

    /**
     * Obtain the Subject to use for the specified host.
     *
     * All virtual hosts on a server could use the same Subject or each virtual host could have a different Subject, the
     * implementation of the factory will make that decision. The factory implementation will also decide if there should be a
     * default fallback Subject or if a Subject should only be provided for recognised hosts.
     *
     * @param hostName - The host name used for this request.
     * @return The Subject to use for the specified host name or null if no match possible.
     * @throws GeneralSecurityException if there is a security failure obtaining the {@link Subject}
     */
    Subject getSubjectForHost(final String hostName) throws GeneralSecurityException;

}
