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019package org.apache.shiro.authz.permission;
020
021/**
022 * Interface implemented by a component that wishes to use any application-configured <tt>RolePermissionResolver</tt> that
023 * might already exist instead of potentially creating one itself.
024 *
025 * <p>This is mostly implemented by {@link org.apache.shiro.authz.Authorizer Authorizer} and
026 * {@link org.apache.shiro.realm.Realm Realm} implementations since they
027 * are the ones performing permission checks and need to know how to resolve Strings into
028 * {@link org.apache.shiro.authz.Permission Permission} instances.
029 *
030 * @since 1.0
031 */
032public interface RolePermissionResolverAware {
033
034    /**
035     * Sets the specified <tt>RolePermissionResolver</tt> on this instance.
036     *
037     * @param rpr the <tt>RolePermissionResolver</tt> being set.
038     */
039    public void setRolePermissionResolver(RolePermissionResolver rpr);
040}