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  * 

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 package org.kuali.rice.kew.web.session;

 /**

  * Represents a user's Authentication.  An Authentication reprents the granted

  * authority of the user within the Workflow system or the enterprise.  The

  * authority is identified by a String value which should be unique for the

  * particular type of authentication. 

  * 

  * TODO This is a first cut at this interface, perhaps we should look at

  * something like Acegi security for handling some of this authentication

  * stuff?

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface Authentication extends java.io.Serializable {

         public String getAuthority();

 }