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## Package org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth

Authentication and Authorization service interfaces and classes.

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Interface Summary
AuthorizationMapping | This is the interface the used to provide default defualt authorization ID's when none was selected by the client.
AuthorizationPolicy | This is the interface the AuthorizationManager uses to conduct authorizations.
AuthProvider | Provider interface for authentication.

Class Summary
AuthFactory | Pluggable authentication service.
AuthorizationManager | Manages the AuthorizationProvider objects.
AuthToken | A token that proves that a user has successfully authenticated.
DefaultAuthorizationMapping | This is the interface the used to provide default default authorization ID's when none was selected by the client.
DefaultAuthorizationPolicy | Different clients perform authentication differently, so this policy will authorize any principal to a requested user that match specific conditions that are considered secure defaults for most installations.
DefaultAuthProvider | Default AuthProvider implementation.
HybridAuthProvider | The hybrid auth provider allows up to three AuthProvider implementations to be strung together to do chained authentication checking.
JDBCAuthProvider | The JDBC auth provider allows you to authenticate users against any database that you can connect to with JDBC.
NativeAuthProvider | Authenticates using the native operating system authentication method.
POP3AuthProvider | An AuthProvider that authenticates using a POP3 server.

Enum Summary
JDBCAuthProvider.PasswordType | Indicates how the password is stored.

Exception Summary
ConnectionException | Thrown when Openfire is not able to connect to the user and group system.
InternalUnauthenticatedException | Thrown when Openfire is not able to authenticate itself into the user and group system.
UnauthenticatedException | Thrown if a user does not have permission to access a particular method.
UnauthorizedException | Thrown if a user does not have permission to access a particular method.

## Package org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth Description

Authentication and Authorization service interfaces and classes. There are three compoents:

- Authentication. Authentication is the process of verifying a user. Custom authentication implementations can be created by extending the `AuthProvider` interface.
- Authorization. Authorization is the process of allowing an authenticated identity to choose a username. Default authorization will authorize an authenticated username to the same username only. Custom authorization implementations can be created by extending the `AuthorizationPolicy` interface.
- Authorization Mapping. Mapping occurs when the client did not request any specific username. This provides a method of giving a default username in these situations. Custom authorization mappings can be created by extending the `AuthorizationMapping` interface.

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