1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.assignee;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.delegate.DelegateTypeContract;
19
20 import java.util.List;
21
22 //TODO Get a better description
23 /**
24 * This is the contract for a Permission Assignee.
25 *
26 * Permissions are attached to roles. All authorization checks should be done against permissions,
27 * never against roles or groups.
28 *
29 */
30 public interface AssigneeContract {
31
32 /**
33 * The Principal ID referenced by the Permission Assignee.
34 *
35 * @return principalId
36 */
37 String getPrincipalId();
38
39 /**
40 * The Group ID referenced by the Permission Assignee.
41 *
42 * @return groupId
43 */
44 String getGroupId() ;
45
46 /**
47 * List of Delegates for a Permission Assignee
48 *
49 * @return delegates
50 */
51 List<? extends DelegateTypeContract> getDelegates();
52 }