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package io.kubernetes.client.util.authenticators;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The Authenticator interface represents a plugin that can handle a specific type of authentication
 * information (e.g. 'gcp')
 */
public interface Authenticator {
  /**
   * Return the name of this authenticator, this should be the value that is also in a kubeconfig
   * file.
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * Get a token from this authenticator.
   *
   * @param config The configuration information for this authenticator
   * @return The new token, null of no such token can be found/generated
   */
  public String getToken(Map<String, Object> config);

  /** Determine if this config is expired */
  public boolean isExpired(Map<String, Object> config);

  /** Refresh an expired token with a new fresh one. */
  public Map<String, Object> refresh(Map<String, Object> config);
}
