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0N/Apackage javax.security.auth.login;
0N/A
0N/A/**
0N/A * This class defines the <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>)
0N/A * for the <code>Configuration</code> class.
0N/A * All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each
0N/A * service provider who wishes to supply a Configuration implementation.
0N/A *
0N/A * <p> Subclass implementations of this abstract class must provide
0N/A * a public constructor that takes a <code>Configuration.Parameters</code>
0N/A * object as an input parameter. This constructor also must throw
0N/A * an IllegalArgumentException if it does not understand the
0N/A * <code>Configuration.Parameters</code> input.
0N/A *
0N/A *
0N/A * @since 1.6
0N/A */
0N/A
0N/Apublic abstract class ConfigurationSpi {
0N/A /**
0N/A * Retrieve the AppConfigurationEntries for the specified <i>name</i>.
0N/A *
0N/A * <p>
0N/A *
0N/A * @param name the name used to index the Configuration.
0N/A *
0N/A * @return an array of AppConfigurationEntries for the specified
0N/A * <i>name</i>, or null if there are no entries.
0N/A */
0N/A protected abstract AppConfigurationEntry[] engineGetAppConfigurationEntry
0N/A (String name);
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * Refresh and reload the Configuration.
0N/A *
0N/A * <p> This method causes this Configuration object to refresh/reload its
0N/A * contents in an implementation-dependent manner.
0N/A * For example, if this Configuration object stores its entries in a file,
0N/A * calling <code>refresh</code> may cause the file to be re-read.
0N/A *
0N/A * <p> The default implementation of this method does nothing.
0N/A * This method should be overridden if a refresh operation is supported
0N/A * by the implementation.
0N/A *
0N/A * @exception SecurityException if the caller does not have permission
0N/A * to refresh its Configuration.
0N/A */
0N/A protected void engineRefresh() { }
0N/A}