Releasing 1.0.1

README.md

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+## Authentication Helper
+A simple authentication helper interface along with a default implementation is provided:
+
+* [TgUtils\Auth\CredentialsProvider](https://github.com/technicalguru/php-utils/blob/src/TgUtils/Auth/CredentialsProvider.php) - Interface to provide username and password to other objects
+* [TgUtils\Auth\DefaultCredentialsProvider](https://github.com/technicalguru/php-utils/blob/src/TgUtils/Auth/DefaultCredentialsProvider.php) - Simple default implementation of the interface
+
 ## Other Utils
 There are some daily tasks that need to be done in applications. The `Utils` class addresses a few of them:
 

src/TgUtils/Auth/CredentialsProvider.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace TgUtils\Auth;
+
+/**
+  * A helper interface when user credentials are required.
+  */
+interface CredentialsProvider {
+
+	/**
+	  * Returns the username.
+	  * @return string the username
+	  */
+	public function getUsername();
+
+	/**
+	  * Returns the password.
+	  * @return string the password
+	  */
+	public function getPassword();
+
+}
+

src/TgUtils/Auth/DefaultCredentialsProvider.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace TgUtils\Auth;
+
+class DefaultCredentialsProvider implements CredentialsProvider {
+
+    private $username;
+    private $password;
+
+    public function __construct($username, $password) {
+        $this->username = $username;
+        $this->password = $password;
+    }
+
+	/**
+	  * Returns the username.
+	  * @return string the username
+	  */
+    public function getUsername(){
+        return $this->username;
+    }
+
+	/**
+	  * Returns the password.
+	  * @return string the password
+	  */
+    public function getPassword() {
+        return $this->password;
+    }
+
+}