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<pre><span class="sourceLineNo">001</span><a id="line.1">/*</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">002</span><a id="line.2"> * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one</a>
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<span class="sourceLineNo">019</span><a id="line.19">package org.apache.shiro.realm;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">020</span><a id="line.20"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">021</span><a id="line.21">import java.util.Collection;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">022</span><a id="line.22"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">023</span><a id="line.23">/**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">024</span><a id="line.24"> * Enables Shiro end-users to configure and initialize one or more {@link Realm Realm} instances</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">025</span><a id="line.25"> * in any manner desired.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">026</span><a id="line.26"> * &lt;p/&gt;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">027</span><a id="line.27"> * This interface exists to support environments where end-users may not wish to use Shiro's default</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">028</span><a id="line.28"> * text-based configuration to create and configure realms, and instead wish to retrieve a realm configured in a</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">029</span><a id="line.29"> * proprietary manner. An implementation of this interface can access that proprietary mechanism to retrieve the</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">030</span><a id="line.30"> * already-created &lt;tt&gt;Realm&lt;/tt&gt;s.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">031</span><a id="line.31"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">032</span><a id="line.32"> * &lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;Realm&lt;/code&gt; instances returned will used to construct the application's</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">033</span><a id="line.33"> * {@link org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager SecurityManager} instance.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">034</span><a id="line.34"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">035</span><a id="line.35"> * @since 0.9</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">036</span><a id="line.36"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">037</span><a id="line.37">public interface RealmFactory {</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">038</span><a id="line.38"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">039</span><a id="line.39"> /**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">040</span><a id="line.40"> * Returns a collection of {@link Realm Realm} instances that will be used to construct</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">041</span><a id="line.41"> * the application's SecurityManager instance.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">042</span><a id="line.42"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">043</span><a id="line.43"> * &lt;p&gt;The order of the collection is important. The {@link org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager SecurityManager}</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">044</span><a id="line.44"> * implementation will consult the Realms during authentication (log-in) and authorization (access control)</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">045</span><a id="line.45"> * operations in the collection's &lt;b&gt;iteration order&lt;/b&gt;. That is, the resulting collection's</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">046</span><a id="line.46"> * {@link java.util.Iterator Iterator} determines the order in which Realms are used.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">047</span><a id="line.47"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">048</span><a id="line.48"> * @return the &lt;code&gt;Collection&lt;/code&gt; of Realms that the application's &lt;code&gt;SecurityManager&lt;/code&gt; will use</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">049</span><a id="line.49"> * for security data access.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">050</span><a id="line.50"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">051</span><a id="line.51"> Collection&lt;Realm&gt; getRealms();</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">052</span><a id="line.52"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">053</span><a id="line.53">}</a>
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