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    Author   : $Author: fgerlits $
    Version  : $Revision: 1.4 $
    Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/modules/authentication/include/LiveSupport/Authentication/AuthenticationClientInterface.h,v $

------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef LiveSupport_Authentication_AuthenticationClientInterface_h
#define LiveSupport_Authentication_AuthenticationClientInterface_h

#ifndef __cplusplus
#error This is a C++ include file
#endif


/* ============================================================ include files */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "configure.h"
#endif

#include <stdexcept>

#include "LiveSupport/Core/Ptr.h"
#include "LiveSupport/Core/SessionId.h"
#include "LiveSupport/Authentication/AuthenticationException.h"

namespace LiveSupport {
namespace Authentication {

using namespace LiveSupport::Core;


/* ================================================================ constants */


/* =================================================================== macros */


/* =============================================================== data types */

/**
 *  An interface for authentication clients.
 *
 *  @author  $Author: fgerlits $
 *  @version $Revision: 1.4 $
 */
class AuthenticationClientInterface
{
    public:
    
        /**
         *  Login to the authentication server.
         *  Returns a new session ID; in case of an error, throws
         *  AuthenticationException or one of its subclasses.
         *
         *  @param  login       the login to the server
         *  @param  password    the password to the server
         *  @exception XmlRpcCommunicationException problem with performing
         *                                          XML-RPC call
         *  @exception XmlRpcMethodFaultException XML-RPC method returned
         *                                        fault response
         *  @exception XmlRpcMethodResponseException response from XML-RPC
         *                                           method is incorrect
         *  @exception AuthenticationException other error 
         *                                     (TestStorageClient only)
         *  @return the new session ID
         */
        virtual Ptr<SessionId>::Ref
        login(const std::string &login, const std::string &password)
                                                throw (AuthenticationException)
                                                                        = 0;

        /**
         *  Logout from the authentication server.
         *
         *  @param  sessionId the ID of the session to end
         *  @exception XmlRpcCommunicationException problem with performing
         *                                          XML-RPC call
         *  @exception XmlRpcMethodFaultException XML-RPC method returned
         *                                        fault response
         *  @exception XmlRpcMethodResponseException response from XML-RPC
         *                                           method is incorrect
         *  @exception AuthenticationException other error 
         *                                     (TestStorageClient only)
         */
        virtual void
        logout(Ptr<SessionId>::Ref sessionId)
                                                throw (AuthenticationException)
                                                                        = 0;
};


/* ================================================= external data structures */


/* ====================================================== function prototypes */


} // namespace Authentication
} // namespace LiveSupport

#endif // LiveSupport_Authentication_AuthenticationClientInterface_h