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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012 Sonatype, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Sonatype, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.aether.repository;
+
+/**
+ * Selects authentication for a given remote repository.
+ *
+ * @see org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession#getAuthenticationSelector()
+ */
+public interface AuthenticationSelector
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Selects authentication for the specified remote repository.
+ *
+ * @param repository The repository for which to select authentication, must not be {@code null}.
+ * @return The selected authentication or {@code null} if none.
+ */
+ Authentication getAuthentication( RemoteRepository repository );
+
+}