package edu.rice.rubis.beans;

import javax.ejb.*;
import java.rmi.*;

/**
 * This is the local Interface of the SB_Auth Bean
 * @author <a href="mailto:cecchet@rice.edu">Emmanuel Cecchet</a> and <a href="mailto:julie.marguerite@inrialpes.fr">Julie Marguerite</a>
 * @version 1.1
 */
public interface SB_AuthLocal extends EJBLocalObject {

  /**
   * Describe <code>authenticate</code> method here.
   *
   * @param name user nick name
   * @param password user password
   * @return an <code>int</code> value corresponding to the user id or -1 on error
   */
  public int authenticate (String name, String password);


}