SecurityService.java

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package it.geosolutions.geostore.services;

import it.geosolutions.geostore.core.model.SecurityRule;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author DamianoG
 *
 * This Interface defines operations to retrieve the security rules based on users and groups 
 */
public interface SecurityService {
    
    /**
     * 
     * @param userName
     * @param entityId the Id of the entity (f.e. Resource, Category, StoredData...) that the underlying implementation will be responsible for retrieve security rules
     * @return
     */
    List<SecurityRule> getUserSecurityRule(String userName, long entityId);
    
    /**
     * 
     * @param groupName
     * @param entityId entityId the Id of the entity (f.e. Resource, Category, StoredData...) that the underlying implementation will be responsible for retrieve security rules
     * @return
     */
    List<SecurityRule> getGroupSecurityRule(List<String> groupNames, long entityId);


}