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diff --git a/cadi/core/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/apps/cadi/Taf.java b/cadi/core/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/apps/cadi/Taf.java new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c273e68f --- /dev/null +++ b/cadi/core/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/apps/cadi/Taf.java @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +/** + * ============LICENSE_START==================================================== + * org.onap.ccsdk + * =========================================================================== + * Copyright (c) 2023 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. + * =========================================================================== + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + * ============LICENSE_END==================================================== + * + */ + +package org.onap.ccsdk.apps.cadi; + +import org.onap.ccsdk.apps.cadi.taf.TafResp; + + +/** + * TAF - Transmutative Assertion Framework. + * + * This main Interface embodies the essential of the assertion, where a number of different TAFs might be used to authenticate + * and that authentication to be recognized through other elements. + * + * Concept by Robert Garskof. Implemented by Jonathan Gathman + * + * @author Jonathan + * + */ +public interface Taf { + enum LifeForm {CBLF, SBLF, LFN}; + /** + * The lifeForm param is a humorous way of describing whether the interaction is proceeding from direct Human Interaction via a browser + * or App which can directly query a memorized password, key sequence, bio-feedback, from that user, or a machine mechanism for which identity + * can more easily be determined by Certificate, Mechanical ID/Password etc. Popularized in modern culture and Science Fiction (especially + * Star Trek), we (starting with Robert Garskof) use the terms "Carbon Based Life Form" (CBLF) for mechanisms with people at the end of them, or + * "Silicon Based Life Forms" (SBLF) to indicate machine only interactions. I have added "LFN" for (Life-Form Neutral) to aid identifying + * processes for which it doesn't matter whether there is a human at the immediate end of the chain, or cannot be determined mechanically. + * + * The variable parameter is not necessarily ideal, but with too many unknown Tafs to be created, flexibility, + * is unfortunately required at this point. Future versions could lock this down more. Jonathan 10/18/2012 + * + * @param lifeForm + * @param info + * @return + */ + public TafResp validate(LifeForm reading, String ... info); + +} |