/*
* Copyright 2012 The Solmix Project
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/
package org.solmix.api.security;
import java.util.Map;
import org.solmix.api.security.auth.ACL;
/**
*
* @author Administrator
* @version 110035 2012-9-26
*/
public interface RoleManager
{
/**
* Create a role without any security restrictions.
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException in case the role manager does not support this operation
*/
public Role createRole(String name) throws UnsupportedOperationException, Exception;
/**
* Get the specific role without any security restrictions.
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException in case the role manager does not support this operation
*/
public Role getRole(String name) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
/**
* Obtain list of ACLs defined for specified role.
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException in case the role manager does not support this operation
*/
public Map<String, ACL> getACLs(String role) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
/**
* Add permission to the specified role, assuming current user has enough rights to perform such operation.
*/
public void addPermission(Role role, String workspaceName, String path, long permission);
/**
* Remove permission from the specified role.
*/
public void removePermission(Role role, String workspace, String path, long permission);
/**
* Retrieve role name by its identifier.
*/
public String getRoleNameById(String string);
}