diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java')
-rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java | 95 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 95 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java b/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java deleted file mode 100644 index df1605b2e4f..00000000000 --- a/libjava/java/security/acl/Owner.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -/* Owner.java -- ACL owner - Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -This file is part of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA -02110-1301 USA. - -Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is -making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and -conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole -combination. - -As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you -permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an -executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent -modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under -terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked -independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that -module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from -or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend -this exception to your version of the library, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this -exception statement from your version. */ - -package java.security.acl; - -import java.security.Principal; - -/** - * This interface provides a mechanism for maintaining a list of owners - * of an access control list (ACL). Since a <code>Principal</code> must - * be an owner in order to modify the owner list, a mechanism must be - * provided to specify the initial owner of the ACL. The proper way to do - * this is for the implementing class to specify the initial owner in - * the contructor for that class. - * - * @version 0.0 - * - * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) - */ -public interface Owner -{ - /** - * This method adds an owner to the access control list (ACL). Only a - * <code>Principal</code> who is already an owner can perform this operation. - * - * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> who is requesting that an owner be added - * @param owner The <code>Principal</code> to add as a new owner - * - * @param <code>true</code> if the new owner was successfully added or <code>false</code> if the specified new owner is already an owner - * - * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not already an owner of this ACL - */ - boolean addOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner) - throws NotOwnerException; - - /** - * This method delets an owner from the access control list (ACL). Only a - * <code>Principal</code> who is an owner can perform this operation. An - * owner can delete itself from the list. If there is only one - * owner remaining on this list, any attempt to delete it will throw an - * exception. - * - * @param caller The <code>Principal</code> who is requesting that an owner be deleted - * @param owner The <code>Principal</code> to delete as an owner - * - * @param <code>true</code> if the new owner was successfully deleted or <code>false</code> if the specified owner is not currently an owner - * - * @exception NotOwnerException If the caller is not already an owner of this ACL - * @exception LastOwnerException If completing the operation would delete the last ACL owner - */ - boolean deleteOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner) - throws NotOwnerException, LastOwnerException; - - /** - * This method tests whether or not a given <code>Principal</code> is an - * owner of this access control list (ACL). - * - * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>Principal</code> is an owner, <code>false</code> otherwise - */ - boolean isOwner(Principal owner); -} |