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package org.springframework.security.authentication;
/**
* Provides a {@link org.springframework.security.core.Authentication#getDetails()} object
* for a given web request.
*
* @author Ben Alex
*/
public interface AuthenticationDetailsSource {
/**
* Called by a class when it wishes a new authentication details instance to be
* created.
* @param context the request object, which may be used by the authentication details
* object
* @return a fully-configured authentication details instance
*/
T buildDetails(C context);
}