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package org.jboss.security;
//$Id$
/**
* Interface that defines common behavior among
* the various Security Managers
* @author Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com
* @since Sep 10, 2007
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface BaseSecurityManager
{
/** Get the security domain from which the security manager is from. Every
security manager belongs to a named domain. The meaning of the security
domain name depends on the implementation. Examples range from as fine
grained as the name of EJBs to J2EE application names to DNS domain names.
@return the security domain name. May be null in which case the security
manager belongs to the logical default domain.
*/
String getSecurityDomain();
}