001    /*
002     * Copyright 2007-2008 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.kim.bo.role;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.kns.bo.Inactivateable;
019    
020    
021    /**
022     * Represents a single permissions within the system.
023     * 
024     * Responsibilitys are attached to roles.  All authorization checks should be done against permissions,
025     * never against roles or groups.
026     * 
027     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
028     *
029     */
030    public interface KimResponsibility extends Inactivateable, ResponsibilityDetails {
031    
032            String getNamespaceCode();
033            String getName();
034    
035            /** Verbose description of the Responsibility and functionally what permissions it implies. */
036            String getDescription();
037            
038    }