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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2015 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.permission;
17  
18  
19  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.GloballyUnique;
20  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
21  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
22  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
23  import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.template.TemplateContract;
24  
25  import java.util.Map;
26  
27  /**
28   * This is the contract for a Permission. Represents a single permission within the system.
29   * 
30   * Permissions are attached to roles. All authorization checks should be done against permissions,
31   * never against roles or groups.
32   *  
33   */
34  public interface PermissionContract extends Versioned, GloballyUnique, Inactivatable, Identifiable {
35      
36      /**
37       * The namespace code that this Permission belongs too.
38       *
39       * @return namespaceCode
40       */
41      String getNamespaceCode();
42      
43      /**
44       * The name of the Permission.
45       *
46       * @return name
47       */
48      String getName();
49      
50      /**
51       * The description of the Permission.
52       *
53       * @return description
54       */
55  	String getDescription();
56  
57      /**
58       * The Template referenced by the Permission.
59       *
60       * @return templateId
61       */
62  	TemplateContract getTemplate();
63  	
64     /** 
65  	 * Attributes for a Permission.
66  	 * 
67  	 * @return attributes
68  	 */
69      Map<String, String> getAttributes();
70  }