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- /*
- * @(#)Permission.java 1.5 96/11/23
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun
- * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
- * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
- * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
- * with Sun.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
- * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
- * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- *
- * CopyrightVersion 1.1_beta
- *
- */
-
- package java.security.acl;
-
-
- /**
- * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant
- * a particular type of access to a resource.
- *
- * @author Satish Dharmaraj
- */
- public interface Permission {
-
- /**
- * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented
- * in this interface.
- *
- * @param another the Permission object to compare with.
- *
- * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise
- */
- public boolean equals(Object another);
-
- /**
- * Prints a string representation of this permission.
- *
- * @return the string representation of the permission.
- */
- public String toString();
-
- }
-