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+package org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.authz;\r
+\r
+import java.util.Map;\r
+\r
+/** An object that meets the <code>AuthorizationResponseSupplement</code> interface carries supplementary\r
+ * information for an authorization response. In a XACML-based system, a response to an authorization request\r
+ * carries not just the permit/deny decision but, optionally, supplemental information in the form of advice and\r
+ * obligation elements. The structure of a XACML advice element and a XACML obligation element are similar: each has an identifier and\r
+ * a set of attributes (name-value) pairs. (The difference between a XACML advice element and a XACML obligation element is in\r
+ * how the recipient of the response--the Policy Enforcement Point, in XACML terminology--handles the element.)\r
+ * \r
+ * @author J. F. Lucas\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+public interface AuthorizationResponseSupplement {\r
+ /** Return the identifier for the supplementary information element.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return a <code>String</code> containing the identifier.\r
+ */\r
+ public String getId();\r
+ \r
+ /** Return the attributes for the supplementary information element, as a <code>Map</code> in which\r
+ * keys represent attribute identifiers and values represent attribute values.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return attributes for the supplementary information element.\r
+ */\r
+ public Map<String, String> getAttributes();\r
+}\r