grpc/include/grpc++/security/auth_metadata_processor.h

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#ifndef GRPCXX_SECURITY_AUTH_METADATA_PROCESSOR_H
#define GRPCXX_SECURITY_AUTH_METADATA_PROCESSOR_H

#include <map>

#include <grpc++/security/auth_context.h>
#include <grpc++/support/status.h>
#include <grpc++/support/string_ref.h>

namespace grpc {

/// Interface allowing custom server-side authorization based on credentials
/// encoded in metadata.  Objects of this type can be passed to
/// \a ServerCredentials::SetAuthMetadataProcessor().
class AuthMetadataProcessor {
 public:
  typedef std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref> InputMetadata;
  typedef std::multimap<grpc::string, grpc::string> OutputMetadata;

  virtual ~AuthMetadataProcessor() {}

  /// If this method returns true, the \a Process function will be scheduled in
  /// a different thread from the one processing the call.
  virtual bool IsBlocking() const { return true; }

  /// context is read/write: it contains the properties of the channel peer and
  /// it is the job of the Process method to augment it with properties derived
  /// from the passed-in auth_metadata.
  /// consumed_auth_metadata needs to be filled with metadata that has been
  /// consumed by the processor and will be removed from the call.
  /// response_metadata is the metadata that will be sent as part of the
  /// response.
  /// If the return value is not Status::OK, the rpc call will be aborted with
  /// the error code and error message sent back to the client.
  virtual Status Process(const InputMetadata& auth_metadata,
                         AuthContext* context,
                         OutputMetadata* consumed_auth_metadata,
                         OutputMetadata* response_metadata) = 0;
};

}  // namespace grpc

#endif  // GRPCXX_SECURITY_AUTH_METADATA_PROCESSOR_H