/* * Copyright (C) 2005-2011 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, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * 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 * along with Alfresco. If not, see . */ package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security; import org.alfresco.service.Auditable; import org.alfresco.service.PublicService; import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef; /** * Service support around managing ownership. * * @author Andy Hind */ public interface OwnableService { public static String NO_OWNER = ""; /** * Get the username of the owner of the given object. * * @param nodeRef * @return the username or null if the object has no owner */ @Auditable(parameters = {"nodeRef"}) public String getOwner(NodeRef nodeRef); /** * Set the owner of the object. * * @param nodeRef * @param userName */ @Auditable(parameters = {"nodeRef", "userName"}) public void setOwner(NodeRef nodeRef, String userName); /** * Set the owner of the object to be the current user. * * @param nodeRef */ @Auditable(parameters = {"nodeRef"}) public void takeOwnership(NodeRef nodeRef); /** * Does the given node have an owner? * * @param nodeRef * @return */ @Auditable(parameters = {"nodeRef"}) public boolean hasOwner(NodeRef nodeRef); }