01: /* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
02: *
03: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
04: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
05: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: *
07: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: *
09: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13: * limitations under the License.
14: */
15:
16: package org.acegisecurity.ui;
17:
18: import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
19:
20: /**
21: * Provides a {@link org.acegisecurity.Authentication#getDetails()} object for
22: * a given web request.
23: *
24: * @author Ben Alex
25: * @version $Id: AuthenticationDetailsSource.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $
26: */
27: public interface AuthenticationDetailsSource {
28: //~ Methods ========================================================================================================
29:
30: /**
31: * Called by a class when it wishes a new authentication details instance to be created.
32: *
33: * @param request the request object, which may be used by the authentication details object
34: *
35: * @return a fully-configured authentication details instance
36: */
37: Object buildDetails(HttpServletRequest request);
38: }
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