package-info.java

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/**
 * Base classes for implementing policy information points (PIPs).
 * 
 * Policy information points are used by the PDP and PEP components to collect additional data that may be used when 
 * rendering an authorization decisions.  Such data may be retrieved from external sources (e.g. a relational database)
 * or may be derived from data already present in the request.
 */
package org.glite.authz.pep.pip;