001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2015 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 *
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.assignee;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.delegate.DelegateTypeContract;
019
020import java.util.List;
021
022//TODO Get a better description
023/**
024 * This is the contract for a Permission Assignee.
025 * 
026 * Permissions are attached to roles. All authorization checks should be done against permissions,
027 * never against roles or groups.
028 *  
029 */
030public interface AssigneeContract {
031
032    /**
033     * The Principal ID referenced by the Permission Assignee.
034     *
035     * @return principalId
036     */
037    String getPrincipalId();
038
039    /**
040     * The Group ID referenced by the Permission Assignee.
041     * 
042     * @return groupId
043     */
044        String getGroupId() ;
045        
046   /** 
047         * List of Delegates for a Permission Assignee 
048         * 
049         * @return delegates
050         */
051        List<? extends DelegateTypeContract> getDelegates();
052}