issrg.pba.rbac
Interface RoleHierarchyNode

All Superinterfaces:

Role

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLPolicyParser.RoleHierarchyNode

public interface RoleHierarchyNode
extends Role

This interface defines the methods that let the user know hierarchical relationship between two roles.

Author:

A.Otenko

Method Summary

boolean

isSuperiorTo(RoleHierarchyNode rhn) This method tells if this role is equal or superior to the given role.

Methods inherited from interface issrg.pba.rbac.Role

getRoleType, getRoleValue

Method Detail

isSuperiorTo

boolean isSuperiorTo(RoleHierarchyNode rhn)

This method tells if this role is equal or superior to the given role.

Parameters:

rhn - is the role

Returns:

true, if this role is equal or superior to the rhn