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018package org.fcrepo.kernel.api;
019
020/**
021 * The basic abstraction for a Fedora repository
022 * @author acoburn
023 */
024public interface FedoraRepository {
025
026    /**
027     * Login to the repository
028     *
029     * @return a FedoraSession
030     */
031    FedoraSession login();
032
033
034    /**
035     * Login to the repository with credentials
036     *
037     * @param credentials the credentials
038     * @return a FedoraSession
039     */
040    FedoraSession login(final Object credentials);
041}