auth

type AuthHandler interface {
	// Init initializes the handler taking config string and logical name as parameters.
	Init(jsonconf, name string) error

	// AddRecord adds persistent authentication record to the database.
	// Returns: updated auth record, error
	AddRecord(rec *Rec, secret []byte) (*Rec, error)

	// UpdateRecord updates existing record with new credentials.
	// Returns updated auth record, error.
	UpdateRecord(rec *Rec, secret []byte) (*Rec, error)

	// Authenticate: given a user-provided authentication secret (such as "login:password"), either
	// return user's record (ID, time when the secret expires, etc), or issue a challenge to
	// continue the authentication process to the next step, or return an error code.
	// store.Users.GetAuthRecord("scheme", "unique")
	// Returns: user auth record, challenge, error.
	Authenticate(secret []byte) (*Rec, []byte, error)

	// IsUnique verifies if the provided secret can be considered unique by the auth scheme
	// E.g. if login is unique.
	IsUnique(secret []byte) (bool, error)

	// GenSecret generates a new secret, if appropriate.
	GenSecret(rec *Rec) ([]byte, time.Time, error)

	// DelRecords deletes (or disables) all authentication records for the given user.
	DelRecords(uid types.Uid) error

	// RestrictedTags returns the tag namespaces which are restricted by this authenticator.
	RestrictedTags() ([]string, error)
}

type Feature uint16

type Level int

type Rec struct {
	// User ID
	Uid types.Uid `json:"uid,omitempty"`
	// Authentication level
	AuthLevel Level `json:"authlvl,omitempty"`
	// Lifetime of this record
	Lifetime time.Duration `json:"lifetime,omitempty"`
	// Bitmap of features. Currently 'validated'/'not validated' only.
	Features Feature `json:"features,omitempty"`
	// Tags generated by this authentication record.
	Tags []string `json:"tags,omitempty"`

	// Authenticator may request the server to create a new account.
	// These are the account parameters which can be used for creating the account.
	DefAcs  *types.DefaultAccess `json:"defacs,omitempty"`
	Public  interface{}          `json:"public,omitempty"`
	Private interface{}          `json:"private,omitempty"`
}