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019    package org.apache.shiro.authc;
020    
021    /**
022     * An {@code AuthenticationToken} that indicates if the user wishes their identity to be remembered across sessions.
023     * <p/>
024     * Note however that when a new session is created for the corresponding user, that user's identity would be
025     * remembered, but they are <em>NOT</em> considered authenticated.  Please see the
026     * {@link org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject#isRemembered()} JavaDoc for an in-depth explanation of the semantic
027     * differences of what it means to be remembered vs. authenticated.
028     *
029     * @author Les Hazlewood
030     * @see org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject#isRemembered()
031     * @since 0.9
032     */
033    public interface RememberMeAuthenticationToken extends AuthenticationToken {
034    
035        /**
036         * Returns {@code true} if the submitting user wishes their identity (principal(s)) to be remembered
037         * across sessions, {@code false} otherwise.
038         *
039         * @return {@code true} if the submitting user wishes their identity (principal(s)) to be remembered
040         *         across sessions, {@code false} otherwise.
041         */
042        boolean isRememberMe();
043    
044    }