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core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AuthenticationTrustResolver.java

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public interface AuthenticationTrustResolver {
     /**
      * Indicates whether the passed <code>Authentication</code> token represents an anonymous user. Typically
      * the framework will call this method if it is trying to decide whether an <code>AccessDeniedException</code>
-     * should result in a final rejection (ie as would be the case if the principal was non-anonymous/fully
-     * authenticated) or direct the principal to attempt actual authentication (ie as would be the case if the
+     * should result in a final rejection (i.e. as would be the case if the principal was non-anonymous/fully
+     * authenticated) or direct the principal to attempt actual authentication (i.e. as would be the case if the
      * <code>Authentication</code> was merely anonymous).
      *
      * @param authentication to test (may be <code>null</code> in which case the method will always return
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ public interface AuthenticationTrustResolver {
 
     /**
      * Indicates whether the passed <code>Authentication</code> token represents user that has been remembered
-     * (ie not a user that has been fully authenticated).<p><b>No part of the framework uses this method</b>,
-     * as it is a weak definition of trust levels. The method is provided simply to assist with custom
-     * <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code>s and the like that you might develop. Of course, you don't need to use this
-     * method either and can develop your own "trust level" hierarchy instead.</p>
+     * (i.e. not a user that has been fully authenticated).
+     * <p>
+     * The method is provided to assist with custom <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code>s and the like that you
+     * might develop. Of course, you don't need to use this method either and can develop your own "trust level"
+     * hierarchy instead.
      *
      * @param authentication to test (may be <code>null</code> in which case the method will always return
      *        <code>false</code>)