1 /* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
2 *
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14 */
15
16 package org.springframework.security.event.authentication;
17
18 import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
19
20 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
21
22
23 /**
24 * Represents an application authentication event.<P>The <code>ApplicationEvent</code>'s <code>source</code> will
25 * be the <code>Authentication</code> object.</p>
26 *
27 * @author Ben Alex
28 * @version $Id: AbstractAuthenticationEvent.java 2217 2007-10-27 00:45:30Z luke_t $
29 */
30 public abstract class AbstractAuthenticationEvent extends ApplicationEvent {
31 //~ Constructors ===================================================================================================
32
33 public AbstractAuthenticationEvent(Authentication authentication) {
34 super(authentication);
35 }
36
37 //~ Methods ========================================================================================================
38
39 /**
40 * Getters for the <code>Authentication</code> request that caused the event. Also available from
41 * <code>super.getSource()</code>.
42 *
43 * @return the authentication request
44 */
45 public Authentication getAuthentication() {
46 return (Authentication) super.getSource();
47 }
48 }