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<h2 title="Interface MergableAuthenticationInfo" class="title">Interface MergableAuthenticationInfo</h2>
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<dd><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/SimpleAccount.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.authc">SimpleAccount</a>, <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/SimpleAuthenticationInfo.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.authc">SimpleAuthenticationInfo</a></dd>
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<pre>public interface <a href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/authc/MergableAuthenticationInfo.html#line.35">MergableAuthenticationInfo</a>
extends <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc">AuthenticationInfo</a></pre>
<div class="block"><p>An extension of the <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc"><code>AuthenticationInfo</code></a> interface to be implemented by
classes that support merging with other <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc"><code>AuthenticationInfo</code></a> instances.</p>
<p>This allows an instance of this class to be an <em>aggregation</em>, or <em>composition</em> of account data
from across multiple <code>Realm</code>s <tt>Realm</tt>s, not just one realm.</p>
<p>This is useful in a multi-realm authentication configuration - the individual <tt>AuthenticationInfo</tt>
objects obtained from each realm can be <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/MergableAuthenticationInfo.html#merge(org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationInfo)"><code>merged</code></a> into a single instance. This instance can then be
returned at the end of the authentication process, giving the impression of a single underlying
realm/data source.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/MergableAuthenticationInfo.html#merge(org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationInfo)">merge</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc">AuthenticationInfo</a>&nbsp;info)</code>
<div class="block">Merges the given <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc"><code>AuthenticationInfo</code></a> into this instance.</div>
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<code><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html#getCredentials()">getCredentials</a>, <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html#getPrincipals()">getPrincipals</a></code></li>
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<pre>void&nbsp;<a href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/authc/MergableAuthenticationInfo.html#line.45">merge</a>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc">AuthenticationInfo</a>&nbsp;info)</pre>
<div class="block">Merges the given <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/authc/AuthenticationInfo.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.authc"><code>AuthenticationInfo</code></a> into this instance. The specific way
that the merge occurs is up to the implementation, but typically it involves combining
the principals and credentials together in this instance. The <code>info</code> argument should
not be modified in any way.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>info</code> - the info that should be merged into this instance.</dd></dl>
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