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#ifndef __com_sun_star_auth_XSSOPasswordCache_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_auth_XSSOPasswordCache_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_auth_SSOExceptions_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/auth/SSOExceptions.idl>
#endif

module com { module sun { module star { module auth {

/** supports password caching for security mechanisms which use passwords as
    credentials or as an input to credential creation but don't have
    an external method to cache these passwords.

    @since OOo 1.1.2
 */

published interface XSSOPasswordCache : ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** adds a username/password combination to the cache.
        <P>
        If an entry for the specified username already exists in the cache, it
        will be overwritten.

        @param UserName
        the user name to add

        @param Password
        the associated password

        @param Persist
        indicates whether or not the username/password combination should be
        persisted
     */
    void    addPassword( [in] string UserName,
                         [in] string Password,
                         [in] boolean Persist )
                raises( InvalidArgumentException,
                        PersistenceFailureException );

    /** retrieves a password for a given user from the cache.
        <P>
        Non persistent cache is searched first, followed by the
        persistent cache ( if it exists ).

        @param UserName
        the name of the user whose password should be retrieved

        @param Persist
        indicates whether or not the password is persistent

        @returns
        the required password
     */
    string  getPassword( [in] string UserName, [out] boolean Persist )
                raises( InvalidArgumentException,
                        PersistenceFailureException );

    /** removes a password from the cache

        @param UserName
        the name of the user whose password should be removed.

        @param RemovePersist
        indicates whether or not the password should also be removed, if
        present, from persistent cache.
     */
    void    removePassword( [in] string UserName, [in] boolean RemovePersist )
                raises( InvalidArgumentException,
                        PersistenceFailureException );
};

}; }; }; };

#endif
