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/**
 * Core interfaces and exceptions concerning Authentication (the act of logging-in).
 * <p/>
 * Shiro abbreviates the word 'AuthentiCation' as <tt>authc</tt> to distinguish it seperately from
 * 'AuthoriZation', abbreviated as <tt>authz</tt>.
 * <p/>
 * The primary item of interest in this package is the <tt>Authenticator</tt> interface, which acts as the
 * entry point (facade) to all other other authentication components. Other components, interfaces and
 * exceptions are here to support <tt>Authenticator</tt> implementations.
 */
package org.apache.shiro.authc;
