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package org.springframework.security.access.method;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.security.access.ConfigAttribute;
import org.springframework.security.access.SecurityMetadataSource;
import org.springframework.security.authorization.AuthorizationManager;

/**
 * Interface for <code>SecurityMetadataSource</code> implementations that are designed to
 * perform lookups keyed on <code>Method</code>s.
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @see org.springframework.security.authorization.method.PreAuthorizeAuthorizationManager
 * @see org.springframework.security.authorization.method.PostAuthorizeAuthorizationManager
 * @deprecated Use the {@code use-authorization-manager} attribute for
 * {@code <method-security>} and {@code <intercept-methods>} instead or use
 * annotation-based or {@link AuthorizationManager}-based authorization
 */
public interface MethodSecurityMetadataSource extends SecurityMetadataSource {

	Collection<ConfigAttribute> getAttributes(Method method, Class<?> targetClass);

}
