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 * Copyright 2022-2024 Sweden Connect
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package se.swedenconnect.signservice.authn;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A representation of an "Authentication Context Identifier". This identifier is often referred to as the "level of
 * assurance" (LoA), and represented as an URI. But since the SignService Core API:s are generic it is not directly
 * represented as a String.
 */
public interface AuthnContextIdentifier extends Serializable {

  /**
   * Gets the authentication context identifier.
   *
   * @return the identifier
   */
  String getIdentifier();

}