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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2014 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    *
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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,
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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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  }