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package org.springframework.security.authentication;

import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;

/**
 * Evaluates Authentication tokens
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 */
public interface AuthenticationTrustResolver {

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the passed Authentication token represents an
	 * anonymous user. Typically the framework will call this method if it is trying to
	 * decide whether an AccessDeniedException should result in a final
	 * rejection (i.e. as would be the case if the principal was non-anonymous/fully
	 * authenticated) or direct the principal to attempt actual authentication (i.e. as
	 * would be the case if the Authentication was merely anonymous).
	 * @param authentication to test (may be null in which case the method
	 * will always return false)
	 * @return true the passed authentication token represented an anonymous
	 * principal, false otherwise
	 */
	boolean isAnonymous(Authentication authentication);

	/**
	 * Indicates whether the passed Authentication token represents user that
	 * has been remembered (i.e. not a user that has been fully authenticated).
	 * 
	 * The method is provided to assist with custom AccessDecisionVoters and
	 * the like that you might develop. Of course, you don't need to use this method
	 * either and can develop your own "trust level" hierarchy instead.
	 * @param authentication to test (may be null in which case the method
	 * will always return false)
	 * @return true the passed authentication token represented a principal
	 * authenticated using a remember-me token, false otherwise
	 */
	boolean isRememberMe(Authentication authentication);

}