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-/*
- * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * 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.wamblee.security.authorization;
-
-import org.wamblee.security.authentication.UserAdministration;
-
-/**
- * Represents an authorization rule to determine whether an operation is allowed
- * on a resource.
- *
- * @author Erik Brakkee
- */
-public interface AuthorizationRule {
-
- /**
- * Sets the user admnistration to use.
- * @param aAdmin User administration.
- */
- void setUserAdministration(UserAdministration aAdmin);
-
- /**
- * Returns the supported object types for which this authorization rule
- * applies. This can be used by the authorization service for optimization.
- *
- * @return Array of supported types.
- */
- Class[] getSupportedTypes();
-
- /**
- * Determines whether an operation is allowed on a certain resource. The
- * rule implementation must be prepared to deal with resources for which it
- * does not apply. In those cases it should return
- * {@link AuthorizationResult#UNSUPPORTED_RESOURCE}.
- *
- * @param aResource
- * Resource.
- * @param aOperation
- * Operation.
- * @param aUser
- * Current user.
- *
- * @return Authorization result.
- */
- AuthorizationResult isAllowed(Object aResource,
- Operation aOperation, String aUser);
-
-}
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