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package org.pentaho.platform.api.engine;
/**
* A strategy for storing an IPentahoRequestContext against a thread.
*
* <p>
* Inspired by {@code org.springframework.security.context.SecurityContextHolderStrategy}.
* </p>
*
* @author rmansoor
*/
public interface IPentahoRequestContextHolderStrategy {
/**
* Sets the current request context.
*
* @param requestContext
* request context to set
*/
void setRequestContext( IPentahoRequestContext requestContext );
/**
* Returns the current request context.
*
* @return requestContext
*/
IPentahoRequestContext getRequestContext();
/**
* Clears the current request context.
*/
void removeRequestContext();
}