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 * HttpServletAccessProviderManager.java - entity-broker - 31 May 2007 7:01:11 PM - azeckoski
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package org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.access;

/**
 * Central manager for all HttpServletAccessProvider implementations. These will be injected from
 * the tool webapps and will come and go unpredictably.
 * 
 * @author Antranig Basman ([email protected])
 * @deprecated Use {@link EntityViewAccessProviderManager} instead
 */
public interface HttpServletAccessProviderManager {

   public void registerProvider(String prefix, HttpServletAccessProvider provider);

   public void unregisterProvider(String prefix, HttpServletAccessProvider provider);

   /**
    * @param prefix an entity prefix
    * @return the provider related to this prefix or null if no provider can be found
    */
   public HttpServletAccessProvider getProvider(String prefix);

}