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019    package org.apache.shiro.authc.credential;
020    
021    import org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationInfo;
022    import org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationToken;
023    
024    
025    /**
026     * Interface implemented by classes that can determine if an AuthenticationToken's provided
027     * credentials matches a corresponding account's credentials stored in the system.
028     *
029     * <p>Simple direct comparisons are handled well by the
030     * {@link SimpleCredentialsMatcher SimpleCredentialsMatcher}.  If you
031     * hash user's credentials before storing them in a realm (a common practice), look at the
032     * {@link HashedCredentialsMatcher HashedCredentialsMatcher} implementations,
033     * as they support this scenario.
034     *
035     * @author Jeremy Haile
036     * @author Les Hazlewood
037     * @see SimpleCredentialsMatcher
038     * @see AllowAllCredentialsMatcher
039     * @see Md5CredentialsMatcher
040     * @see Sha1CredentialsMatcher
041     * @since 0.1
042     */
043    public interface CredentialsMatcher {
044    
045        /**
046         * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials,
047         * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
048         *
049         * @param token   the <tt>AuthenticationToken</tt> submitted during the authentication attempt
050         * @param info the <tt>AuthenticationInfo</tt> stored in the system.
051         * @return <tt>true</tt> if the provided token credentials match the stored account credentials,
052         *         <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
053         */
054        boolean doCredentialsMatch(AuthenticationToken token, AuthenticationInfo info);
055    
056    }