001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2012 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.ken.service;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationChannelBo;
019    import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationProducerBo;
020    
021    /**
022     * The NotificationAuthorizationService class is responsible for housing permissions and authorization 
023     * related services.
024     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025     */
026    public interface NotificationAuthorizationService {
027        /**
028         * This service method validates that the specified producer has the permissions to send a notification 
029         * on for a specific NotificationChannel.
030         * @param producer
031         * @param channel
032         * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not
033         */
034        public boolean isProducerAuthorizedToSendNotificationForChannel(NotificationProducerBo producer, NotificationChannelBo channel);
035        
036        /**
037         * This method checks to see if the user is authorized as an administrator in the system.
038         * @param userId
039         * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not
040         */
041        public boolean isUserAdministrator(String userId);
042    }