/**

  * Copyright 2005-2011 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,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.kim.api.permission;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.GloballyUnique;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;

 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.template.TemplateContract;

 import java.util.Map;

 /**

  * This is the contract for a Permission. Represents a single permission within the system.

  * 

  * Permissions are attached to roles. All authorization checks should be done against permissions,

  * never against roles or groups.

  *  

  */

 public interface PermissionContract extends Versioned, GloballyUnique, Inactivatable, Identifiable {

     /**

      * The namespace code that this Permission belongs too.

      *

      * @return namespaceCode

      */

     String getNamespaceCode();

     /**

      * The name of the Permission.

      *

      * @return name

      */

     String getName();

     /**

      * The description of the Permission.

      *

      * @return description

      */

         String getDescription();

     /**

      * The Template referenced by the Permission.

      *

      * @return templateId

      */

         TemplateContract getTemplate();

    /** 

          * Attributes for a Permission.

          * 

          * @return attributes

          */

     Map<String, String> getAttributes();

 }