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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;
