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package org.jsecurity.realm; | |
import java.util.Collection; | |
/** | |
* Enables JSecurity end-users to configure and initialize one or more {@link Realm Realm} instances | |
* in any manner desired. | |
* <p/> | |
* This interface exists to support environments where end-users may not wish to use JSecurity's default | |
* text-based configuration to create and configure realms, and instead wish to retrieve a realm configured in a | |
* proprietary manner. An implementation of this interface can access that proprietary mechanism to retrieve the | |
* already-created <tt>Realm</tt>s. | |
* | |
* <p>The <code>Realm</code> instances returned will used to construct the application's | |
* {@link org.jsecurity.mgt.SecurityManager SecurityManager} instance. | |
* | |
* @since 0.9 | |
*/ | |
public interface RealmFactory { | |
/** | |
* Returns a collection of {@link Realm Realm} instances that will be used to construct | |
* the application's SecurityManager instance. | |
* | |
* <p>The order of the collection is important. The {@link org.jsecurity.mgt.SecurityManager SecurityManager} | |
* implementation will consult the Realms during authentication (log-in) and authorization (access control) | |
* operations in the collection's <b>iteration order</b>. That is, the resulting collection's | |
* {@link java.util.Iterator Iterator} determines the order in which Realms are used. | |
* | |
* @return the <code>Collection</code> of Realms that the application's <code>SecurityManager</code> will use | |
* for security data access. | |
*/ | |
Collection<Realm> getRealms(); | |
} |