add Authenticator, Authenticator9PAnyV2DP9IK (draft), FailedAuthenticationException

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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/Authenticator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/Authenticator.kt
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+/**
+ * The Authenticator interface provides methods for authenticating a user over an established protocol connection.
+ */
+interface Authenticator {
+    /**
+     * Authenticate a user identified by the given [username] and whose authenticity is confirmed by the given
+     * [password]. The authentication protocol can read and write data within the underlying connection using [readFun]
+     * and [writeFun].
+     *
+     * @param username The name the user goes by.
+     * @param password The confirmation of the user's authenticity.
+     * @param readFun A function to read incoming data from the underlying connection.
+     * @param writeFun A function to write outgoing data into the underlying connection.
+     * @throws FailedAuthenticationException if the authentication could not be performed. A human-readable reason for
+     *                                       the failure can be provided if necessary.
+     */
+    fun authenticate(username: String, password: String, readFun: () -> Array<UByte>, writeFun: (b: Array<UByte>) -> Unit)
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/Authenticator9PAnyV2DP9IK.kt b/src/main/kotlin/Authenticator9PAnyV2DP9IK.kt
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+/**
+ * This class (with an ugly ass name) implements the authentication procedure for the p9any meta-protocol version 2,
+ * hinting at the usage of dp9ik during negotiation and failing if it's unavailable.
+ *
+ * The 9P protocol does not provide a default authentication method. However, since NineKt must work with 9front's
+ * default authenticated 9P service, it must implement the p9any meta-protocol, preferably version 2.
+ */
+class Authenticator9PAnyV2DP9IK : Authenticator {
+    override fun authenticate(username: String, password: String, readFun: () -> Array<UByte>, writeFun: (Array<UByte>) -> Unit) {
+        TODO("Not yet implemented")
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/FailedAuthenticationException.kt b/src/main/kotlin/FailedAuthenticationException.kt
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+/**
+ * The authentication with the remote part failed.
+ *
+ * @param reason A human-readable reason for which the authentication failed.
+ */
+class FailedAuthenticationException(val reason: String) : Exception()
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