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| <p>Core interfaces and exceptions concerning Authentication |
| (the act of logging-in).</p> |
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| <p>JSecurity abbreviates the word 'AuthentiCation' as <tt>authc</tt> to distinguish it seperately |
| from 'AuthoriZation', abbreviated as <tt>authz</tt>.</p> |
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| <p>The primary item of interest here is the <tt>Authenticator</tt> interface, which acts as the |
| primary entry point (facade) to all other other authentication components. Other |
| components, interfaces and exceptions are here to support <tt>Authenticator</tt> implementations.</p> |
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