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package org.springframework.security.acls.model;
/**
* Provides support for creating and storing <code>Acl</code> instances.
*
* @author Ben Alex
*/
public interface MutableAclService extends AclService {
// ~ Methods
// ========================================================================================================
/**
* Creates an empty <code>Acl</code> object in the database. It will have no entries.
* The returned object will then be used to add entries.
*
* @param objectIdentity the object identity to create
*
* @return an ACL object with its ID set
*
* @throws AlreadyExistsException if the passed object identity already has a record
*/
MutableAcl createAcl(ObjectIdentity objectIdentity) throws AlreadyExistsException;
/**
* Removes the specified entry from the database.
*
* @param objectIdentity the object identity to remove
* @param deleteChildren whether to cascade the delete to children
*
* @throws ChildrenExistException if the deleteChildren argument was
* <code>false</code> but children exist
*/
void deleteAcl(ObjectIdentity objectIdentity, boolean deleteChildren)
throws ChildrenExistException;
/**
* Changes an existing <code>Acl</code> in the database.
*
* @param acl to modify
*
* @throws NotFoundException if the relevant record could not be found (did you
* remember to use {@link #createAcl(ObjectIdentity)} to create the object, rather
* than creating it with the <code>new</code> keyword?)
*/
MutableAcl updateAcl(MutableAcl acl) throws NotFoundException;
}