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package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.requests;

import java.util.List;

import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeException;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.DecodeOptions;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.ErrorResultException;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.Control;
import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.controls.ControlDecoder;

/**
 * The SASL authentication method of the Bind operation allows clients to
 * authenticate using one of the SASL authentication methods defined in RFC
 * 4513.
 * <p>
 * <TODO>finish doc.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4513#section-5.2.1.8">RFC 4513 -
 *      SASL Authorization Identities (authzId) </a>
 */
public interface SASLBindRequest extends BindRequest {

    @Override
    SASLBindRequest addControl(Control control);

    @Override
    BindClient createBindClient(String serverName) throws ErrorResultException;

    /**
     * Returns the authentication mechanism identifier for this SASL bind
     * request as defined by the LDAP protocol, which is always {@code 0xA3}.
     *
     * @return The authentication mechanism identifier.
     */
    @Override
    byte getAuthenticationType();

    @Override
    <C extends Control> C getControl(ControlDecoder<C> decoder, DecodeOptions options)
            throws DecodeException;

    @Override
    List<Control> getControls();

    /**
     * Returns the name of the Directory object that the client wishes to bind
     * as, which is always the empty string for SASL authentication.
     *
     * @return The name of the Directory object that the client wishes to bind
     *         as.
     */
    @Override
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the SASL mechanism for this SASL bind request.
     *
     * @return The SASL mechanism for this bind request.
     */
    String getSASLMechanism();

}