Paul Holmes-Higgin cefda8c965 Updated header to LGPL
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/*
* 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,
* 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security;
/**
* The interface used to support reporting back if permissions are allowed or
* denied.
*
* @author Andy Hind
*/
public interface AccessPermission
{
/**
* The permission.
*
* @return
*/
public String getPermission();
/**
* Get the Access enumeration value
*
* @return
*/
public AccessStatus getAccessStatus();
/**
* Get the authority to which this permission applies.
*
* @return
*/
public String getAuthority();
/**
* Get the type of authority to which this permission applies.
*
* @return
*/
public AuthorityType getAuthorityType();
/**
* At what position in the inheritance chain for permissions is this permission set?
* = 0 -> Set direct on the object.
* > 0 -> Inherited
* < 0 -> We don't know and are using this object for reporting (e.g. the actual permissions that apply to a node for the current user)
* @return
*/
public int getPosition();
/**
* Is this an inherited permission entry?
* @return
*/
public boolean isInherited();
/**
* Is this permission set on the object?
* @return
*/
public boolean isSetDirectly();
}