chibenwa commented on code in PR #3059: URL: https://github.com/apache/james-project/pull/3059#discussion_r3363915768
########## protocols/api/src/main/java/org/apache/james/protocols/api/sasl/SaslMechanism.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +/**************************************************************** + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * + * distributed with this work for additional information * + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * + * to you 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.apache.james.protocols.api.sasl; + +import java.util.Set; + +/** + * Protocol-neutral SASL mechanism. + */ +public interface SaslMechanism { + /** + * Returns the SASL mechanism name advertised to clients. + */ + String name(); + + /** + * Whether this mechanism can be used by the supplied protocol. + * + * <p>A mechanism may intentionally support only a subset of protocols when its + * wire payload, authorization semantics, or surrounding protocol state is only + * valid for those protocols. For example, a custom PLAIN variant may support + * only IMAP when it relies on IMAP-specific delegation semantics. + */ + boolean supports(SaslProtocol protocol); Review Comment: Do we REALLY need this ? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
