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#ifndef VMIME_SECURITY_SASL_SASLAUTHENTICATOR_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_SECURITY_SASL_SASLAUTHENTICATOR_HPP_INCLUDED


#include "vmime/types.hpp"

#include "vmime/security/authenticator.hpp"


namespace vmime {
namespace security {
namespace sasl {


class SASLMechanism;
class SASLSession;


/** SASL-aware authenticator.
  *
  * Usually, you should not inherit from this class, but instead from the
  * more convenient defaultSASLAuthenticator class.
  */
class SASLAuthenticator : public authenticator
{
public:

	/** This method is called to allow the client to choose the
	  * authentication mechanisms that will be used. By default,
	  * the most secure mechanisms are chosen.
	  *
	  * @param available available mechanisms
	  * @param suggested suggested mechanism (or NULL if the system
	  * could not suggest a mechanism)
	  * @return ordered list of mechanism to use among the available
	  * mechanisms (from the first to try to the last)
	  */
	virtual const std::vector <ref <SASLMechanism> > getAcceptableMechanisms
		(const std::vector <ref <SASLMechanism> >& available,
	         ref <SASLMechanism> suggested) const = 0;

	/** Set the SASL session which is using this authenticator.
	  *
	  * @param sess SASL session
	  */
	virtual void setSASLSession(ref <SASLSession> sess) = 0;

	/** Set the SASL mechanism which has been selected for the
	  * SASL authentication process. This may be called several times
	  * if the multiple mechanisms are tried by the service which
	  * use this authentication.
	  *
	  * @param mech SASL mechanism
	  */
	virtual void setSASLMechanism(ref <SASLMechanism> mech) = 0;
};


} // sasl
} // security
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_SECURITY_SASL_SASLAUTHENTICATOR_HPP_INCLUDED



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