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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1
5  * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
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7  *
8  * http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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15  * License.
16  */
17 package org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions;
18
19 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
20
21 /**
22  * The interface for a dynamic authority provider e.g. for the owner of a node
23  * or any other authority that is determined by the context rather than just a
24  * node.
25  *
26  * @author Andy Hind
27  */
28 public interface DynamicAuthority
29 {
30     /**
31      * Is this authority granted to the given user for this node ref?
32      *
33      * @param nodeRef
34      * @param userName
35      * @return
36      */
37     public boolean hasAuthority(NodeRef nodeRef, String JavaDoc userName);
38
39     /**
40      * If this authority is granted this method provides the string
41      * representation of the granted authority.
42      *
43      * @return
44      */
45     public String JavaDoc getAuthority();
46 }
47
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