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- /*
- * @(#)Permission.java 1.7 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1996, 1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * 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.
- */
-
- 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();
-
- }
-