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17 package org.wamblee.security.authorization;
21 * Utility to map between a list of operations and a string based
22 * on the names of the operations.
24 public interface OperationRegistry {
27 * Gets the supported operations for a given resource class.
28 * @param aResourceClass Resource class.
29 * @return Supported operations for that class.
31 Operation[] getOperations(Class aResourceClass);
34 * Converts a number of operations to a string.
35 * @param aOperations Operations to convert.
36 * @return String representation of the allowed operations.
38 String encode(Operation[] aOperations);
41 * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
42 * @param aResourceClass Resource class.
43 * @param aOperationsString Operations string as returned by {@link #encode(Operation[])}.
44 * @return Operations array.
46 Operation[] decode(Class aResourceClass, String aOperationsString);
49 * Converts an operations string to an array of operations.
50 * @param aOperationsString Operations string as returned by {@link #encode(Operation[])}.
51 * @return Operations array.
53 Operation[] decode(String aOperationsString);