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16 package org.wamblee.security.authorization;
19 * Utility to map between a list of operations and a string based
20 * on the names of the operations.
22 * @author Erik Brakkee
24 public interface OperationRegistry {
26 * Gets the supported operations for a given resource class.
28 * @param aResourceClass Resource class.
30 * @return Supported operations for that class.
32 Operation[] getOperations(Class aResourceClass);
35 * Converts a number of operations to a string.
37 * @param aOperations Operations to convert.
39 * @return String representation of the allowed operations.
41 String encode(Operation[] aOperations);
44 * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
46 * @param aResourceClass Resource class.
47 * @param aOperationsString Operations string as returned by {@link
48 * #encode(Operation[])}.
50 * @return Operations array.
52 Operation[] decode(Class aResourceClass, String aOperationsString);
55 * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
57 * @param aOperationsString Operations string as returned by {@link
58 * #encode(Operation[])}.
60 * @return Operations array.
62 Operation[] decode(String aOperationsString);