/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of Alfresco
 *
 * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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 */
package org.alfresco.repo.template;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Contract for Template API objects that support permissions.
 * 
 * @author Kevin Roast
 */
public interface TemplatePermissions extends TemplateNodeRef
{
    /**
     * @return List of permissions applied to this Node.
     *         Strings returned are of the format [ALLOWED|DENIED];[USERNAME|GROUPNAME];PERMISSION for example
     *         ALLOWED;kevinr;Consumer so can be easily tokenized on the ';' character.
     */
    public List<String> getPermissions();
    
    /**
     * @return true if this node inherits permissions from its parent node, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean getInheritsPermissions();
    
    /**
     * @param permission        Permission name to test
     * 
     * @return true if the current user is granted the specified permission on the node
     */
    public boolean hasPermission(String permission);
}