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package org.springframework.ldap.core;

import javax.naming.directory.DirContext;

/**
 * Helper interface to be able to get hold of the target <code>DirContext</code>
 * from proxies created by <code>ContextSource</code> proxies.
 * 
 * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
 * @since 1.2
 */
public interface DirContextProxy {
    /**
     * Get the target <code>DirContext</code> of the proxy.
     * 
     * @return the target <code>DirContext</code>.
     */
    DirContext getTargetContext();
}
