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019    package org.apache.shiro.authc;
020    
021    /**
022     * A {@code HostAuthenticationToken} retains the host information from where
023     * an authentication attempt originates.
024     *
025     * @author The Apache Shiro Project (shiro-dev@incubator.apache.org)
026     * @since 1.0
027     */
028    public interface HostAuthenticationToken {
029    
030        /**
031         * Returns the host name of the client from where the
032         * authentication attempt originates or if the Shiro environment cannot or
033         * chooses not to resolve the hostname to improve performance, this method
034         * returns the String representation of the client's IP address.
035         * <p/>
036         * When used in web environments, this value is usually the same as the
037         * {@code ServletRequest.getRemoteHost()} value.
038         *
039         * @return the fully qualified name of the client from where the
040         *         authentication attempt originates or the String representation
041         *         of the client's IP address is hostname resolution is not
042         *         available or disabled.
043         */
044        String getHost();
045    }