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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 #107627#
 */

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
