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1 /**
2  * EasyBeans
3  * Copyright (C) 2006 Bull S.A.S.
4  * Contact: easybeans@objectweb.org
5  *
6  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9  * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
10  *
11  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15  *
16  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
19  * USA
20  *
21  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
22  * $Id: EZBSecurityCurrent.java 1121 2006-09-27 08:51:06Z benoitf $
23  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
24  */
25
26 package org.objectweb.easybeans.security.api;
27
28
29 /**
30  * Interface that describes what a security current should provide, ie : a security context.
31  * @author Florent Benoit
32  */
33 public interface EZBSecurityCurrent {
34
35     /**
36      * Switch property for using other implementation than the default one.
37      */
38     String JavaDoc SECURITY_CURRENT_PROPERTY = "org.objectweb.easybeans.security.current";
39
40
41     /**
42      * Gets the current context.
43      * @return SecurityContext return the Security context associated to the
44      * current thread or the JVM
45      */
46     EZBSecurityContext getSecurityContext();
47
48     /**
49      * Associates the given security context to the current thread.
50      * @param securityContext Security context to associate to the current thread.
51      */
52     void setSecurityContext(final EZBSecurityContext securityContext);
53
54     /**
55      * Associates the given security context to all threads (JVM).
56      * @param securityContext Security context to associate to the JVM
57      */
58     void setGlobalSecurityContext(final EZBSecurityContext securityContext);
59
60
61 }
62
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