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+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.auth.modules;
+
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.process.api.ExecutionContext;
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.process.model.ProcessDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * Provides metadata of a certain module. Uses for module discovery and process selection.
+ */
+public interface AuthModule {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the priority of the module. The priority defines the order of the respective module within the chain of
+	 * discovered modules. Higher priorized modules are asked before lower priorized modules for a process that they can
+	 * handle.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * Internal default modules are priorized neutral ({@code 0}. Use a higher priority ({@code 1...Integer.MAX_VALUE})
+	 * in order to have your module(s) priorized or a lower priority ({@code Integer.MIN_VALUE...-1}) in order to put
+	 * your modules behind default modules.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the priority of the module.
+	 */
+	int getPriority();
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the module has a process, which is able to perform an authentication with the given
+	 * {@link ExecutionContext}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param context
+	 *            an ExecutionContext for a process.
+	 * @return the process-ID of a process which is able to work with the given ExecutionContext, or {@code null}.
+	 */
+	String selectProcess(ExecutionContext context);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the an Array of {@link ProcessDefinition}s of the processes included in this module.
+	 * 
+	 * @return an array of resource uris of the processes included in this module.
+	 */
+	String[] getProcessDefinitions();
+
+}