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/**
* Classes related to the establishment of a security context for the duration of a request (such as
* an HTTP or RMI invocation).
* <p>
* A security context is usually associated with the current execution thread for the duration of the request,
* making the authentication information it contains available throughout all the layers of an application.
* <p>
* The {@link org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext SecurityContext} can be accessed at any point
* by calling the {@link org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder SecurityContextHolder}.
*/
package org.springframework.security.core.context;