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  * Copyright 2007-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  * 

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

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 package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;

 import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationChannel;

 import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationProducer;

 /**

  * The NotificationAuthorizationService class is responsible for housing permissions and authorization 

  * related services.

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface NotificationAuthorizationService {

     /**

      * This service method validates that the specified producer has the permissions to send a notification 

      * on for a specific NotificationChannel.

      * @param producer

      * @param channel

      * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not

      */

     public boolean isProducerAuthorizedToSendNotificationForChannel(NotificationProducer producer, NotificationChannel channel);

     /**

      * This method checks to see if the user is authorized as an administrator in the system.

      * @param userId

      * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not

      */

     public boolean isUserAdministrator(String userId);

 }