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package org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
/**
* Specifies the type of an ACL entry.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public enum AclEntryType {
/**
* An ACL entry applied to a specific user. These ACL entries can be unnamed,
* which applies to the file owner, or named, which applies to the specific
* named user.
*/
USER,
/**
* An ACL entry applied to a specific group. These ACL entries can be
* unnamed, which applies to the file's group, or named, which applies to the
* specific named group.
*/
GROUP,
/**
* An ACL mask entry. Mask entries are unnamed. During permission checks,
* the mask entry interacts with all ACL entries that are members of the group
* class. This consists of all named user entries, the unnamed group entry,
* and all named group entries. For each such entry, any permissions that are
* absent from the mask entry are removed from the effective permissions used
* during the permission check.
*/
MASK,
/**
* An ACL entry that applies to all other users that were not covered by one
* of the more specific ACL entry types.
*/
OTHER;
}