OSID - osid.authentication.process.AuthenticationProcessProfile Service Interface Definition

Interface	osid.authentication.process.AuthenticationProcessProfile
Implements	`osid.OsidProfile`
Description	The `AuthenticationProcessProfile` describes the interoperability among authentication process services.
Method	supportsAuthenticationAcquisition
Description	Tests if authentication acquisition is supported. Authentication acquisition is responsible for acquiring client side authentication credentials.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if authentication acquisiiton is supported `,` `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsAuthenticationValidation
Description	Tests if authentication validation is supported. Authentication validation verifies given authentication credentials and maps to an agent identity.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if authentication validation is supported, `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsTrustLookup
Description	Tests if a trust look up session is supported.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if trust lookup is supported `,` `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsCircleOfTrust
Description	Tests if a session to examine agent and trust relationships is supported.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if a circle of trust is supported, `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsChallenge
Description	Tests if this authentication service supports a challenge-response mechanism where credential validation service must implement a means to generate challenge data.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if this is a challenge-response system, `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAuthenticationRecordTypes
Description	Gets the supported authentication record types.
Return	`osid.type.TypeList`		a list containing the supported authentication record types
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsAuthenticationRecordType
Description	Tests if the given authentication record type is supported.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`authenticationRecordType`	a `Type` indicating an authentication record type
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given Type is supported, `false` otherwise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`authenticationRecordType` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getAuthenticationInputRecordTypes
Description	Gets the supported authentication input record types.
Return	`osid.type.TypeList`		a list containing the supported authentication input record types
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsAuthenticationInputRecordType
Description	Tests if the given authentication input record type is supported.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`authenticationInputRecordType`	a `Type` indicating an authentication input record type
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given Type is supported, `false` otherwise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`authenticationInputRecordType` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getChallengeRecordTypes
Description	Gets the supported challenge types.
Return	`osid.type.TypeList`		a list containing the supported challenge types
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsChallengeRecordType
Description	Tests if the given challenge data type is supported.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`challengeRecordType`	a `Type` indicating a challenge record type
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given Type is supported, `false` otherwise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`challengeRecordType` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsCredentialExport
Description	Tests if `Authentication` objects can export serialzied credentials for transport.
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given credentials export is supported, `false` otherwise
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getCredentialTypes
Description	Gets the supported credential types.
Return	`osid.type.TypeList`		a list containing the supported credential types
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsCredentialType
Description	Tests if the given credential type is supported.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`credentialType`	a `Type` indicating a credential type
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given Type is supported, `false` otherwise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`credentialType` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	getTrustTypes
Description	Gets the supported trust types.
Return	`osid.type.TypeList`		a list containing the supported trust types
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.
Method	supportsTrustType
Description	Tests if the given trust type is supported.
Parameters	`osid.type.Type`	`trustType`	a `Type` indicating a trust type
Return	`boolean`		`true` if the given Type is supported, `false` otherwise
Errors	NULL_ARGUMENT		`trustType` is `null`
Compliance	`mandatory`		This method must be implemented.