How do concepts of User (UserAccount) and Realm relate in Apache Shiro?
I'm reading up on Apache Shiro and like to see if I got this mental model right. From the docs : "A Realm is a component that can access application-specific security data such as users , roles , and permissions ". .. "Realms usually have a 1-to-1 correlation with a data source such as a relational database, LDAP directory, file system, or other similar resource. " Moreover, I've read that an application may include multiple realms for its authentication and authorization purposes. Ok so great, but how do this Realms relate to the concept of a User? is every Realm expected to be a partition