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diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java deleted file mode 100644 index 7b1bcf54db9..00000000000 --- a/libjava/java/security/acl/AclEntry.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -/* AclEntry.java -- An entry in an ACL list. - Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -This file is part of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA -02110-1301 USA. - -Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is -making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and -conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole -combination. - -As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you -permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an -executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent -modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under -terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked -independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that -module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from -or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend -this exception to your version of the library, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this -exception statement from your version. */ - -package java.security.acl; - -import java.security.Principal; -import java.util.Enumeration; - -/** - * This interface models an entry in an access control list (ACL). Java - * ACL's consist of a list of entries, where each consists of a - * <code>Principal</code> and a list of <code>Permission</code>'s which - * have been granted to that <code>Principal</code>. An ACL can also - * be <em>negative</em>, which indicates that the list of - * <code>Permission</code>'s is a list of permissions that are <em>not</em> - * granted to the <code>Principal</code>. A <code>Principal</code> can - * have at most one regular (or positive) ACL entry and one negative - * ACL entry. - * - * @version 0.0 - * - * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) - */ -public interface AclEntry extends Cloneable -{ - /** - * This method returns the <code>Principal</code> associated with this - * ACL entry. - * - * @return The <code>Principal</code> for this ACL entry - */ - Principal getPrincipal(); - - /** - * This method sets ths <code>Principal</code> associated with this - * ACL entry. This operation will only succeed if there is not already - * a <code>Principal</code> assigned. - * - * @param user The <code>Principal</code> for this ACL entry - * - * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>Principal</code> was successfully set or <code>false</code> if this entry already has a <code>Principal</code>. - */ - boolean setPrincipal(Principal user); - - /** - * This method sets this ACL entry to be a <em>negative</em> entry, indicating - * that it contains a list of permissions that are <em>not</em> granted - * to the entry's <code>Principal</code>. Note that there is no way to - * undo this operation. - */ - void setNegativePermissions(); - - /** - * This method tests whether or not this ACL entry is a negative entry or not. - * - * @return <code>true</code> if this ACL entry is negative, <code>false</code> otherwise - */ - boolean isNegative(); - - /** - * This method adds the specified permission to this ACL entry. - * - * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to add - * - * @return <code>true</code> if the permission was added or <code>false</code> if it was already set for this entry - */ - boolean addPermission(Permission permission); - - /** - * This method deletes the specified permission to this ACL entry. - * - * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to delete from this ACL entry. - * - * @return <code>true</code> if the permission was successfully deleted or <code>false</code> if the permission was not part of this ACL to begin with - */ - boolean removePermission(Permission perm); - - /** - * This method tests whether or not the specified permission is associated - * with this ACL entry. - * - * @param perm The <code>Permission</code> to test - * - * @return <code>true</code> if this permission is associated with this entry or <code>false</code> otherwise - */ - boolean checkPermission(Permission permission); - - /** - * This method returns a list of all <code>Permission</code> objects - * associated with this ACL entry as an <code>Enumeration</code>. - * - * @return A list of permissions for this ACL entry - */ - Enumeration permissions(); - - /** - * This method returns this object as a <code>String</code>. - * - * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this object - */ - String toString(); - - /** - * This method returns a clone of this ACL entry - * - * @return A clone of this ACL entry - */ - Object clone(); -} |