IPermissionStore.java

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 *    compeople AG - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.riena.security.authorizationservice;

import java.security.Permissions;
import java.security.Principal;

/**
 * Implementations of IPermissionStore are used by the AuthorizationService to
 * retrieve the Permissions for a specific Principal
 * 
 */
public interface IPermissionStore {

	/**
	 * Returns the permissions for one principal
	 * 
	 * @param principal
	 * @return
	 */
	Permissions loadPermissions(Principal principal);

}