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package org.apache.shiro.web.mgt;

import org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager;

/**
 * This interface represents a {@link SecurityManager} implementation that can used in web-enabled applications.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface WebSecurityManager extends SecurityManager {

    /**
     * Security information needs to be retained from request to request, so Shiro makes use of a
     * session for this. Typically, a security manager will use the servlet container's HTTP session
     * but custom session implementations, for example based on EhCache, may also be used. This
     * method indicates whether the security manager is using the HTTP session or not.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the security manager is using the HTTP session; otherwise,
     *         <code>false</code>.
     */
    boolean isHttpSessionMode();
}