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package com.compendium.core.datamodel;
/**
* The IPermission interface is provided for the Permission object.
* The Permission object represents the permission for a group to an object in the
* database representing a pc compendium object.
*
* @author Rema Natarajan / Michelle Bachler
*/
public interface IPermission extends java.io.Serializable{
/**
* Returns the id of the object for which this permission is assigned.
*
* @return the name, or "".
*/
public String getObjectId();
/**
* Sets the object id for the object for which this permission is assigned.
*
* @param name the String group name.
*/
public void setObjectId(String id);
/**
* Returns the id of the group for which this permission is assigned.
*
* @return the group id.
*/
public String getGroupId();
/**
* Sets the group id for the group for which this permission is assigned.
*
* @param id the String group id.
*/
public void setGroupId(String id);
/**
* Returns the permission value.
*
* @return the permission.
*/
public int getPermission();
/**
* Sets the permission. this is the only property that can be altered on the client
* setting notifies the service, and fires property changes to GUI listeners
*
* @param permission the String permission.
*/
public void setPermission(int permission);
}