AccessControlService.java

/**
 * Copyright 2008 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package edu.unc.lib.dl.acl.service;

import edu.unc.lib.dl.acl.util.AccessGroupSet;
import edu.unc.lib.dl.acl.util.ObjectAccessControlsBean;
import edu.unc.lib.dl.acl.util.Permission;
import edu.unc.lib.dl.fedora.PID;

/**
 * Interface for services retrieving access control information for objects.
 * 
 * @author count0
 * 
 */
public interface AccessControlService {
	/**
	 * Returns an ObjectAccesscontrolBean containing the access control for the object specified by the provided pid.
	 * 
	 * @param pid
	 * @return
	 */
	public ObjectAccessControlsBean getObjectAccessControls(PID pid);
	
	/**
	 * Returns true if the given groups have the specified permission on the object pid
	 * 
	 * @param pid
	 * @param groups
	 * @param permission
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean hasAccess(PID pid, AccessGroupSet groups, Permission permission);
}