/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  * limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.acegisecurity.acls.sid;

 import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;

 /**

  * Strategy interface that provides an ability to determine the {@link Sid} instances applicable

  * for an {@link Authentication}.

  *

  * @author Ben Alex

  * @version $Id: SidRetrievalStrategy.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $

  */

 public interface SidRetrievalStrategy {

     //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

     Sid[] getSids(Authentication authentication);

 }