Source for java.security.acl.Permission

   1: /* Permission.java -- Information about an ACL permission
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  37: 
  38: package java.security.acl;
  39: 
  40: /**
  41:  * This interface provides information about a permission that can be
  42:  * granted.  Note that this is <em>not</em> the same as the class
  43:  * <code>java.security.Permission</code>.
  44:  *
  45:  * @version 0.0
  46:  *
  47:  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  48:  */
  49: public interface Permission
  50: {
  51:   /**
  52:    * This method tests whether or not a specified <code>Permission</code>
  53:    * (passed as an <code>Object</code>) is the same as this permission.
  54:    *
  55:    * @param perm The permission to check for equality
  56:    *
  57:    * @return <code>true</code> if the specified permission is the same as this one, <code>false</code> otherwise
  58:    */
  59:   boolean equals (Object perm);
  60: 
  61:   /**
  62:    * This method returns this <code>Permission</code> as a <code>String</code>.
  63:    *
  64:    * @return A <code>String</code> representing this permission.
  65:    */
  66:   String toString();
  67: }