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/**
* @author Alexander V. Astapchuk
* @version $Revision$
*/

package java.security;

/**
 * {@code DomainCombiner} is used to update and optimize {@code
 * ProtectionDomain}s from an {@code AccessControlContext}.
 * 
 * @see AccessControlContext
 * @see AccessControlContext#AccessControlContext(AccessControlContext,
 *      DomainCombiner)
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public interface DomainCombiner {

    /**
     * Returns a combination of the two provided {@code ProtectionDomain}
     * arrays. Implementers can simply merge the two arrays into one, remove
     * duplicates and perform other optimizations.
     * 
     * @param current
     *            the protection domains of the current execution thread (since
     *            the most recent call to {@link AccessController#doPrivileged}
     *            ).
     * @param assigned
     *            the protection domains of the parent thread, maybe {@code
     *            null}.
     * @return a single {@code ProtectionDomain} array computed from the two
     *         provided arrays.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    ProtectionDomain[] combine(ProtectionDomain[] current,
            ProtectionDomain[] assigned);
}