AppRole.java

package org.waterforpeople.mapping.app.web.rest.security;

import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;

/**
 * @author Luke Taylor
 */
public enum AppRole implements GrantedAuthority {
    NEW_USER(-1),
    SUPER_ADMIN(0),
    ADMIN(10),
    USER(20);

    private final int level;

    /**
     * Creates an authority with a specific bit representation. It's important that this doesn't
     * change as it will be used in the database. The enum ordinal is less reliable as the enum may
     * be reordered or have new roles inserted which would change the ordinal values.
     * 
     * @param bit the permission bit which will represent this authority in the datastore.
     */
    AppRole(int bit) {
        this.level = bit;
    }

    public int getLevel() {
        return level;
    }

    public String getAuthority() {
        return toString();
    }
}