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/**
* Core classes and interfaces related to user authentication, which are used throughout Spring Security.
* <p>
* Of key importance is the {@link org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager AuthenticationManager}
* and its default implementation {@link org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager
* ProviderManager}, which maintains a list {@link org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider
* AuthenticationProvider}s to which it delegates authentication requests.
*/
package org.springframework.security.authentication;