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13 package info.magnolia.cms.security;
14
15 import java.util.List JavaDoc;
16
17
18 /**
19  * @author Sameer Charles
20  * @version $Revision:2558 $ ($Author:scharles $)
21  */

22 public interface AccessManager {
23
24     /**
25      * Determines wether the specified permissions are granted to the given path.
26      * @param path path for which permissions are checked
27      * @param permissions permission mask
28      * @return true if this accessmanager has permissions to the specified path
29      */

30     boolean isGranted(String JavaDoc path, long permissions);
31
32     /**
33      * Sets the list of permissions this manager will use to determine access, implementation is free to define the
34      * structure of this list.
35      * @param permissions
36      */

37     void setPermissionList(List JavaDoc permissions);
38
39     /**
40      * Get permision list assigned to this access manager
41      */

42     List JavaDoc getPermissionList();
43
44     /**
45      * Get permissions assigned to the given path.
46      * @see Permission all possible permissions
47      * @param path for which permissions are requested
48      * @return permission mask
49      */

50     long getPermissions(String JavaDoc path);
51 }
52
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