Package ch.tocco.nice2.security.api

Interface Permission

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccessPermission, AllPermission, CreatePermission, DeletePermission, DisplayPermission, DisplayPermission, GenerateCorrespondencePermission, GenerateMailPermission, GenerateReportPermission, HistoryPermission, InputEditPermission, PerformPermission

public interface Permission
extends Serializable

Represents the permission to perform a certain operation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object other)
String	getName()
boolean	implies(Permission permission)	Check whether this permission implies another permission.
String	toString()

Method Details

equals

boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

String getName()

implies

boolean implies(Permission permission)

Check whether this permission implies another permission. Be careful when implementing this method on your own permissions because this is basically the core of the whole security concept.

A permission implies another permission, if the other permission is a subset of this permission. For example, the permission to access all fields of an entity implies the permission to access the specific field "myField" of the same entity, or the permission to access all files under /my/directory implies the permission to access the file /my/directory/myFile.

Parameters:

permission - The permission to check.

Returns:

true, if this permission implies the given permission, false otherwise.