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46
47 package org.mr.kernel.security.impl;
48
49 import org.mr.kernel.security.MantaSecurityException;
50 import org.mr.kernel.security.authorization.ACLKeyEntry;
51 import org.mr.kernel.security.authorization.AuthorizationValue;
52
53 /**
54  * This interface defines the security actions that are required from the ACL atorage.
55  * For each ACL atorage type (for example, LDAP) there will be an implementation that
56  * actually performs the actions using the specific storage.
57  *
58  * @version 1.0
59  * @since Mar 22, 2006
60  * @author Shirley Sasson
61  *
62  */
63 public interface ACLStorageConnector {
64
65     /**
66      * This method is used to check whether the given ACLKeyEntry represents an authorized entry in the
67      * ACL storage.
68      *
69      * @param keyEntry
70      * the entry to authorize with the ACL storage
71      * @return an AuthorizationValue object holding the authorization information
72      */
73     public AuthorizationValue isAuthorized(ACLKeyEntry keyEntry) throws MantaSecurityException;
74
75     /**
76      * This method is used to retrieve the group of user from the ACL storage.
77      *
78      * @param username
79      * the user to search its group
80      * @return the group of the user
81      */
82     public String JavaDoc getGroupOfUser(String JavaDoc username) throws MantaSecurityException;
83 }
84
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