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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();

 }