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package org.springframework.security.core;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
/**
* Representation of an authenticated <code>Principal</code> once an
* {@link Authentication} request has been successfully authenticated
* by the {@link AuthenticationManager#authenticate(Authentication)} method.
*
* Implementors typically provide their own representation of a <code>Principal</code>,
* which usually contains information describing the <code>Principal</code> entity,
* such as, first/middle/last name, address, email, phone, id, etc.
*
* This interface allows implementors to expose specific attributes
* of their custom representation of <code>Principal</code> in a generic way.
*
* @author Joe Grandja
* @since 5.0
* @see Authentication#getPrincipal()
* @see org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails
*/
public interface AuthenticatedPrincipal {
/**
* Returns the name of the authenticated <code>Principal</code>. Never <code>null</code>.
*
* @return the name of the authenticated <code>Principal</code>
*/
String getName();
}