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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.authentication.external;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * The external identity synchronization management.
 *
 * The default manager is registered as OSGi service and can also be retrieved via
 * {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.SecurityProvider#getConfiguration(Class)}
 */
public interface SyncManager {

    /**
     * Returns the sync handler with the given name.
     * @param name the name of the sync handler or {@code null}
     * @return the sync handler
     */
    @Nullable
    SyncHandler getSyncHandler(@NotNull String name);
}