org.apache.turbine.om.security
Interface Permission

All Superinterfaces:

SecurityEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

TorquePermission, TurbinePermission

public interface Permission

extends SecurityEntity

This class represents the permissions that a Role has to access certain pages/functions within the system. The class implements Comparable so that when Permissions are added to a Set, they will be in alphabetical order by name.

Version:

$Id: Permission.java 264148 2005-08-29 14:21:04Z henning $

Author:

Frank Y. Kim, John D. McNally, Brett McLaughlin, Henning P. Schmiedehausen

Method Summary

void	remove() Removes a permission from the system.
void	rename(java.lang.String name) Renames the permission.
void	save() Makes changes made to the Permission attributes permanent.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.turbine.om.security.SecurityEntity

getId, getIdAsObj, getName, setId, setName

Method Detail

save

public void save()
          throws TurbineSecurityException

Makes changes made to the Permission attributes permanent.

Throws:

TurbineSecurityException - if there is a problem while saving data.

remove

public void remove()
            throws TurbineSecurityException

Removes a permission from the system.

Throws:

TurbineSecurityException - if the Permission could not be removed.

rename

public void rename(java.lang.String name)
            throws TurbineSecurityException

Renames the permission.

Parameters:

name - The new Permission name.

Throws:

TurbineSecurityException - if the Permission could not be renamed.