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1 package org.apache.fulcrum.security.entity;
2
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57 /**
58  * This class represents a Group of Users in the system that are associated
59  * with specific entity or resource. The users belonging to the Group may have
60  * various Roles. The Permissions to perform actions upon the resource depend
61  * on the Roles in the Group that they are assigned.
62  *
63  * @author <a HREF="mailto:Rafal.Krzewski@e-point.pl">Rafal Krzewski</a>
64  * @author <a HREF="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
65  * @author <a HREF="mailto:marco@intermeta.de">Marco Kn&uuml;ttel</a>
66  * @version $Id: SecurityEntity.java,v 1.1 2004/11/12 10:25:51 epugh Exp $
67  */
68
69 public interface SecurityEntity
70 {
71     /**
72      * Get the Name of the SecurityEntity.
73      *
74      * @return The Name of the SecurityEntity.
75      */
76     String JavaDoc getName();
77     
78     /**
79      * Set the Name of the SecurityEntity.
80      *
81      * @param name Name of the SecurityEntity.
82      */
83     void setName(String JavaDoc name);
84 }
85
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