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+/* Copyright 2004, 2005 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.acegisecurity.ldap;
+
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Luke Taylor
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public interface NamingExceptionTranslator {
+
+    DataAccessException translate(String task, NamingException e);
+
+}