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1   /*
2    * $Id: SecurityContextFactory.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $
3    * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
5    *
6    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
7    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
8    * LICENSE.txt file.
9    */
10  
11  package org.mule.api.security;
12  
13  /**
14   * <code>SecurityContextFactory</code> is responsible for creating a
15   * SecurityContext instance. The factory itself is associated with an
16   * Authentication class type on the SecurityManager
17   */
18  
19  public interface SecurityContextFactory
20  {
21      SecurityContext create(Authentication authentication);
22  }