- /*
- * @(#)Permission.java 1.9 01/11/29
- *
- * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
- package java.security.acl;
-
-
- /**
- * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant
- * a particular type of access to a resource.
- *
- * @author Satish Dharmaraj
- */
- public interface Permission {
-
- /**
- * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented
- * in this interface.
- *
- * @param another the Permission object to compare with.
- *
- * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise
- */
- public boolean equals(Object another);
-
- /**
- * Prints a string representation of this permission.
- *
- * @return the string representation of the permission.
- */
- public String toString();
-
- }