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package org.cloudifysource.securityldap;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextOperations;
/**
* Obtains a list of authorization groups for an Ldap user.
* <p>
* Used by the <tt>CustomLdapAuthenticationProvider</tt> once a user has been
* authenticated to create the final user details object.
* </p>
*
* @author noak
* @since 2.3.0
*/
public interface LdapAuthGroupsPopulator {
/**
* Get the list of authorization groups of the user.
*
* @param user the user who's authorities are required
* @param username the user name.
*
* @return the authorization groups of the given user.
*
*/
Collection<String> getAuthGroups(final DirContextOperations user, final String username);
}