ACLFactory.java

package org.apache.fulcrum.security.model;

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import org.apache.fulcrum.security.acl.AccessControlList;
import org.apache.fulcrum.security.entity.User;

/**
 * This interface describes a factory for creating AccessControlList objects.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:epugh@upstate.com">Eric Pugh</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:bmclaugh@algx.net">Brett McLaughlin</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:greg@shwoop.com">Greg Ritter</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:Rafal.Krzewski@e-point.pl">Rafal Krzewski</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:marco@intermeta.de">Marco Kn&uuml;ttel</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ACLFactory
{
    String ROLE = ACLFactory.class.getName();

    <T extends AccessControlList> T getAccessControlList(User user);
}