001/** 002 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. 003 * 004 * Copyright (c) 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. All Rights Reserved 005 * 006 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms 007 * of the Common Development and Distribution License 008 * (the License). You may not use this file except in 009 * compliance with the License. 010 * 011 * You can obtain a copy of the License at 012 * https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or 013 * opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt 014 * See the License for the specific language governing 015 * permission and limitations under the License. 016 * 017 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL 018 * Header Notice in each file and include the License file 019 * at opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. 020 * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header, 021 * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by 022 * your own identifying information: 023 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" 024 * 025 * $Id: IRole.java,v 1.4 2008/06/25 05:41:45 qcheng Exp $ 026 * 027 */ 028 029package com.iplanet.ums; 030 031/** 032 * This is a common iterface from which different roles can 033 * be implemented. 034 * 035 * @supported.all.api 036 */ 037public interface IRole { 038 /** 039 * Evaluates whether an object is member of this IRole. 040 * 041 * @param po Persistent object that is being checked for membership. 042 * @return <code>true</code> if the object is member of the role 043 * implementing this interface, <code>false</code> otherwise. 044 * @throws UMSException if an exception occurs while determining if this 045 * role has the member. 046 */ 047 public boolean hasMember(PersistentObject po) throws UMSException; 048 049 /** 050 * Returns the GUID of this object 051 * 052 * @return the GUID of this object 053 * 054 */ 055 public Guid getGuid(); 056}