/* 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,

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  */

 package org.acegisecurity.ui;

 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

 /**

  * Provides a {@link org.acegisecurity.Authentication#getDetails()} object for

  * a given web request.

  *

  * @author Ben Alex

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

  */

 public interface AuthenticationDetailsSource {

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

     /**

      * Called by a class when it wishes a new authentication details instance to be created.

      *

      * @param request the request object, which may be used by the authentication details object

      *

      * @return a fully-configured authentication details instance

      */

     Object buildDetails(HttpServletRequest request);

 }