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package org.opends.server.admin.std.server;



import org.opends.server.admin.Configuration;
import org.opends.server.admin.server.ConfigurationChangeListener;



/**
 * A server-side interface for querying Password Storage Scheme
 * settings.
 * <p>
 * Password Storage Schemes encode new passwords provided by users so
 * that they are stored in an encoded manner. This makes it difficult
 * or impossible for someone to determine the clear-text passwords from
 * the encoded values.
 */
public interface PasswordStorageSchemeCfg extends Configuration {

  /**
   * Gets the configuration class associated with this Password Storage Scheme.
   *
   * @return Returns the configuration class associated with this Password Storage Scheme.
   */
  Class<? extends PasswordStorageSchemeCfg> configurationClass();



  /**
   * Register to be notified when this Password Storage Scheme is changed.
   *
   * @param listener
   *          The Password Storage Scheme configuration change listener.
   */
  void addChangeListener(ConfigurationChangeListener<PasswordStorageSchemeCfg> listener);



  /**
   * Deregister an existing Password Storage Scheme configuration change listener.
   *
   * @param listener
   *          The Password Storage Scheme configuration change listener.
   */
  void removeChangeListener(ConfigurationChangeListener<PasswordStorageSchemeCfg> listener);



  /**
   * Gets the "enabled" property.
   * <p>
   * Indicates whether the Password Storage Scheme is enabled for use.
   *
   * @return Returns the value of the "enabled" property.
   */
  boolean isEnabled();



  /**
   * Gets the "java-class" property.
   * <p>
   * Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that
   * provides the Password Storage Scheme implementation.
   *
   * @return Returns the value of the "java-class" property.
   */
  String getJavaClass();

}
