1 package org.apache.archiva.redback.authorization;
2
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21
22 import org.apache.archiva.redback.authorization.AuthorizationDataSource;
23 import org.apache.archiva.redback.authorization.AuthorizationException;
24 import org.apache.archiva.redback.authorization.AuthorizationResult;
25
26 /**
27 * Authorizer:
28 *
29 * @author: Jesse McConnell <jesse@codehaus.org>
30 * @todo chain of command rule processing
31 */
32 public interface Authorizer
33 {
34 String getId();
35
36 /**
37 *
38 * @param source
39 * @return result of authorization check can be <code>null</code>
40 * @throws AuthorizationException
41 */
42 AuthorizationResult isAuthorized( AuthorizationDataSource source )
43 throws AuthorizationException;
44
45 /**
46 * @return true if this implementation is a final one and not a wrapper
47 * @since 2.1
48 */
49 boolean isFinalImplementation();
50
51 /**
52 * @return a key to be able to customize label in UI
53 * @since 2.1
54 */
55 String getDescriptionKey();
56 }