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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Copyright (c) 2000-2005, University of Salford | |
| 3 | * All rights reserved. | |
| 4 | * | |
| 5 | * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | |
| 6 | * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: | |
| 7 | * | |
| 8 | * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this | |
| 9 | * list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
| 10 | * | |
| 11 | * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, | |
| 12 | * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation | |
| 13 | * and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 14 | * | |
| 15 | * Neither the name of the University of Salford nor the names of its | |
| 16 | * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this | |
| 17 | * software without specific prior written permission. | |
| 18 | * | |
| 19 | * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" | |
| 20 | * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | |
| 21 | * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
| 22 | * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE | |
| 23 | * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR | |
| 24 | * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF | |
| 25 | * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS | |
| 26 | * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN | |
| 27 | * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) | |
| 28 | * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE | |
| 29 | * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 30 | */ | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | package issrg.pba.rbac; | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | /** | |
| 35 | * This interface is the abstract argument to an Action. It knows its type and | |
| 36 | * its value. However, there is still some confusion about how the value should | |
| 37 | * be returned and this may be updated in later versions. | |
| 38 | * | |
| 39 | * <p>The Argument is deployed in IF-statements only. | |
| 40 | * | |
| 41 | * @author E Ball | |
| 42 | * @author D W Chadwick | |
| 43 | * @author A Otenko | |
| 44 | * @version 0.2 | |
| 45 | */ | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | public interface Argument { | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | /** | |
| 50 | * This method gets the type of the argument. | |
| 51 | * | |
| 52 | * @return the string name of the argument type | |
| 53 | */ | |
| 54 | public abstract String getType(); | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | /** | |
| 57 | * This method gets the string encoding of the value of the argument. | |
| 58 | * This may be needed for output purposes only. | |
| 59 | * It is suggested to better override <code>equals</code> method of | |
| 60 | * <code>java.lang.Object</code> to make comparisons more efficient. | |
| 61 | * | |
| 62 | * @return the string representation of the value; the encoding must | |
| 63 | * correspond to that which would be used in XML | |
| 64 | */ | |
| 65 | public abstract String getValue(); | |
| 66 | } | |
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