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What is the role of AuthenticationManager and AuthenticationProvider?

Tests whether you know AuthenticationManager is the entry point that delegates to one or more AuthenticationProviders, each of which actually validates a specific credential type -- and that you can plug in a custom provider without touching the manager.

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