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+/*
+ * Principal.java November 2002
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
+ *
+ * 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 the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing 
+ * permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+ 
+package org.simpleframework.http;
+
+/**
+ * The <code>Principal</code> interface is used to describe a 
+ * user that has a name and password. This should not be 
+ * confused with the <code>java.security.Principal</code> 
+ * interface which does not provide <code>getPassword</code>.
+ *
+ * @author Niall Gallagher
+ */
+public interface Principal {
+
+   /**
+    * The <code>getPassword</code> method is used to retrieve 
+    * the password of the principal. This is the password 
+    * tag in the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.
+    *
+    * @return this returns the password for this principal
+    */
+   String getPassword();
+   
+   /**
+    * The <code>getName</code> method is used to retreive 
+    * the name of the principal. This is the name tag in 
+    * the RFC 2616 Authorization credentials expression.
+    *
+    * @return this returns the name of this principal
+    */
+   String getName();
+}