IAuthorizationService.java

/*
 * #%L
 * Processiva Business Processes Platform
 * %%
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Cohesiva
 * %%
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * #L%
 */

package com.cohesiva.processes.jbpm.service.auth;

import java.util.List;

/*
 * Serice for authorization.
 */
public interface IAuthorizationService {
	/*
	 * Returns a list of groups that the user with id userId is assigned to.
	 */
	public List<String> getUserGroups(String userId);
	
	/*
	 * Returns true if user with id userId is authorized to start process with id processId,
	 * otherwise returns false.
	 */
	public boolean isAuthorized(String processId, String userId);
}