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[utils] / security / impl / src / main / java / org / wamblee / security / authorization / OperationRegistry.java

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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;
+
+/**
+ * Utility to map between a list of operations and a string based on the names
+ * of the operations.
+ * 
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public interface OperationRegistry {
+    /**
+     * Gets the supported operations for a given resource class.
+     * 
+     * @param aResourceClass
+     *            Resource class.
+     * 
+     * @return Supported operations for that class.
+     */
+    Operation[] getOperations(Class aResourceClass);
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a number of operations to a string.
+     * 
+     * @param aOperations
+     *            Operations to convert.
+     * 
+     * @return String representation of the allowed operations.
+     */
+    String encode(Operation[] aOperations);
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
+     * 
+     * @param aResourceClass
+     *            Resource class.
+     * @param aOperationsString
+     *            Operations string as returned by {@link #encode(Operation[])}.
+     * 
+     * @return Operations array.
+     */
+    Operation[] decode(Class aResourceClass, String aOperationsString);
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
+     * 
+     * @param aOperationsString
+     *            Operations string as returned by {@link #encode(Operation[])}.
+     * 
+     * @return Operations array.
+     */
+    Operation[] decode(String aOperationsString);
+}