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package org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.remote.security;

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.remote.principal.RemotePrincipal;

/**
 * Remote version of the JCR {@link javax.jcr.security.AccessControlEntry
 * AccessControlEntry} interface. Used by the
 * {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.server.security.ServerAccessControlEntry
 * ServerAccessControlEntry} and
 * {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.security.ClientAccessControlEntry
 * ClientAccessControlEntry} adapter base classes to provide transparent RMI
 * access to remote item definitions.
 * <p>
 * The methods in this interface are documented only with a reference to a
 * corresponding AccessControlEntry method. The remote object will simply
 * forward the method call to the underlying AccessControlEntry instance.
 * Argument and return values, as well as possible exceptions, are copied over
 * the network. Complex return values are returned as remote references to the
 * corresponding remote interface. RMI errors are signaled with
 * RemoteExceptions.
 *
 * @see javax.jcr.security.AccessControlEntry
 * @see org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.security.ClientAccessControlEntry
 * @see org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.server.security.ServerAccessControlEntry
 */
public interface RemoteAccessControlEntry extends Remote {

    /**
     * @see javax.jcr.security.AccessControlEntry#getPrincipal()
     */
    public RemotePrincipal getPrincipal() throws RemoteException;

    /**
     * @see javax.jcr.security.AccessControlEntry#getPrivileges()
     */
    public RemotePrivilege[] getPrivileges() throws RemoteException;

}