using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using NATS.Server.Auth.Jwt;
using NATS.Server.Protocol;
namespace NATS.Server.Auth;
public interface IAuthenticator
{
///
/// Attempts to authenticate a client connection.
///
/// Authentication context containing credentials and transport metadata.
AuthResult? Authenticate(ClientAuthContext context);
}
public sealed class ClientAuthContext
{
///
/// Gets CONNECT options and credential fields supplied by the client.
///
public required ClientOptions Opts { get; init; }
///
/// Gets server-issued nonce bytes used for signature-based auth flows.
///
public required byte[] Nonce { get; init; }
///
/// Gets the client TLS certificate presented during handshake, when available.
///
public X509Certificate2? ClientCertificate { get; init; }
///
/// The type of connection (e.g., "STANDARD", "WEBSOCKET", "MQTT", "LEAFNODE").
/// Used by JWT authenticator to enforce allowed_connection_types claims.
/// Defaults to "STANDARD" for regular NATS client connections.
///
public string ConnectionType { get; init; } = JwtConnectionTypes.Standard;
}