EvaluationContextPostProcessor.java

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package org.springframework.security.web.access.expression;

import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
/**
 *
/**
 * Allows post processing the {@link EvaluationContext}
 *
 * <p>
 * This API is intentionally kept package scope as it may evolve over time.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Rob Winch
 * @since 4.1
 * @param <I> the invocation to use for post processing
 */
interface EvaluationContextPostProcessor<I> {

	/**
	 * Allows post processing of the {@link EvaluationContext}. Implementations
	 * may return a new instance of {@link EvaluationContext} or modify the
	 * {@link EvaluationContext} that was passed in.
	 *
	 * @param context
	 *            the original {@link EvaluationContext}
	 * @param invocation
	 *            the security invocation object (i.e. FilterInvocation)
	 * @return the upated context.
	 */
	EvaluationContext postProcess(EvaluationContext context, I invocation);
}