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+/* Permission.java -- Information about an ACL permission
+   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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+/**
+ * This interface provides information about a permission that can be
+ * granted.  Note that this is <em>not</em> the same as the class
+ * <code>java.security.Permission</code>.
+ *
+ * @version 0.0
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public interface Permission
+{
+  /**
+   * This method tests whether or not a specified <code>Permission</code>
+   * (passed as an <code>Object</code>) is the same as this permission.
+   *
+   * @param perm The permission to check for equality
+   *
+   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified permission is the same as this one, <code>false</code> otherwise
+   */
+  public abstract boolean equals(Object perm);
+
+  /**
+   * This method returns this <code>Permission</code> as a <code>String</code>.
+   *
+   * @return A <code>String</code> representing this permission.
+   */
+  public String toString();
+}