-/*
- * 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.persistence.Persistent;
-
-/**
- * Service to determine if access to a certain resource is allowed.
- *
- * @author Erik Brakkee
- */
-public interface AuthorizationService extends Persistent {
- /**
- * Checks whether an operation is allowed on a resource.
- *
- * @param aResource
- * Resource.
- * @param aOperation
- * Operation.
- *
- * @return Checks whether the operation is allowed on a resource.
- */
- boolean isAllowed(Object aResource, Operation aOperation);
-
- <T> T check(T aResource, Operation aOperation);
-
- /**
- * Gets the authorization rules.
- *
- * @return Rules.
- */
- AuthorizationRule[] getRules();
-
- /**
- * Appends a new authorization rule to the end.
- *
- * @param aRule
- * Rule to append.
- */
- void appendRule(AuthorizationRule aRule);
-
- /**
- * Removes a rule.
- *
- * @param aIndex
- * Index of the rule to remove.
- */
- void removeRule(int aIndex);
-
- /**
- * Inserts a rule.
- *
- * @param aIndex
- * Index of the position of the rule after insertion.
- * @param aRule
- * Rule to insert.
- */
- void insertRuleAfter(int aIndex, AuthorizationRule aRule);
-}