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Interface RealmFactory</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/realm/jndi/JndiRealmFactory.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.realm.jndi">JndiRealmFactory</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <A HREF="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/realm/RealmFactory.html#line.37"><B>RealmFactory</B></A></DL>
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Enables Shiro end-users to configure and initialize one or more <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/realm/Realm.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.realm"><CODE>Realm</CODE></A> instances
in any manner desired.
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This interface exists to support environments where end-users may not wish to use Shiro'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
<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/mgt/SecurityManager.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.mgt"><CODE>SecurityManager</CODE></A> instance.
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/realm/RealmFactory.html#getRealms()">getRealms</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a collection of <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/realm/Realm.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.realm"><CODE>Realm</CODE></A> instances that will be used to construct
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getRealms</H3>
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<DD>Returns a collection of <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/realm/Realm.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.realm"><CODE>Realm</CODE></A> instances that will be used to construct
the application's SecurityManager instance.
<p>The order of the collection is important. The <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/shiro/mgt/SecurityManager.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.mgt"><CODE>SecurityManager</CODE></A>
implementation will consult the Realms during authentication (log-in) and authorization (access control)
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