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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1
* with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
* copy of the License at
*
* http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
* either express or implied. See the License for the specific
* language governing permissions and limitations under the
* License.
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.security;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
/**
* Service support around managing ownership.
*
* @author Andy Hind
*/
public interface OwnableService
{
/**
* Get the username of the owner of the given object.
*
* @param nodeRef
* @return the username or null if the object has no owner
*/
public String getOwner(NodeRef nodeRef);
/**
* Set the owner of the object.
*
* @param nodeRef
* @param userName
*/
public void setOwner(NodeRef nodeRef, String userName);
/**
* Set the owner of the object to be the current user.
*
* @param nodeRef
*/
public void takeOwnership(NodeRef nodeRef);
/**
* Does the given node have an owner?
*
* @param nodeRef
* @return
*/
public boolean hasOwner(NodeRef nodeRef);
}