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/**
 * Provides API to be implemented by provides of authentication
 * mechanisms. The most important interface (and service definition) is
 * the {@link org.apache.sling.auth.core.spi.AuthenticationHandler}
 * interface with the
 * {@link org.apache.sling.auth.core.spi.AbstractAuthenticationHandler}
 * being an abstract base implementation from which concrete
 * implementations may inherit.
 *
 * @version 1.2.0
 */
@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.2.2")
package org.apache.sling.auth.core.spi;