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 6 * copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 11 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 12 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, 13 * either express or implied. See the License for the specific 14 * language governing permissions and limitations under the 15 * License. 16 */ 17 package org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions; 18 19 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName; 20 21 /** 22 * A Permission is a named permission against a type or aspect which is defined 23 * by QName. So a permission string is scoped by type. 24 * 25 * @author Andy Hind 26 */ 27 public interface PermissionReference 28 { 29 30 /** 31 * Get the QName of the type or aspect against which the permission is 32 * defined. 33 * 34 * @return 35 */ 36 public QName getQName(); 37 38 /** 39 * Get the name of the permission 40 * 41 * @return 42 */ 43 public String getName(); 44 } 45