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package org.springframework.ejb.support;

import javax.ejb.SessionBean;
import javax.ejb.SessionContext;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by Session Beans that want
 * to expose important state to cooperating classes.
 *
 * <p>Implemented by Spring's AbstractSessionBean class and hence by
 * all of Spring's specific Session Bean support classes, such as
 * {@link AbstractStatelessSessionBean} and {@link AbstractStatefulSessionBean}.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.2
 * @see AbstractStatelessSessionBean
 * @see AbstractStatefulSessionBean
 */
public interface SmartSessionBean extends SessionBean {

	/**
	 * Return the SessionContext that was passed to the Session Bean
	 * by the EJB container. Can be used by cooperating infrastructure
	 * code to get access to the user credentials, for example.
	 */
	SessionContext getSessionContext();

}