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/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
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package org.acegisecurity.intercept;

import org.acegisecurity.ConfigAttributeDefinition;

import java.util.Iterator;


/**
 * Implemented by classes that store and can identify the {@link
 * ConfigAttributeDefinition} that applies to a given secure object
 * invocation.
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @version $Id: ObjectDefinitionSource.java 1496 2006-05-23 13:38:33Z benalex $
 */
public interface ObjectDefinitionSource {
    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    /**
     * Accesses the ConfigAttributeDefinition that applies to a given secure object.

Returns * null if no ConfigAttribiteDefinition applies.

* * @param object the object being secured * * @return the ConfigAttributeDefinition that applies to the passed object * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the passed object is not of a type supported by the * ObjectDefinitionSource implementation */ public ConfigAttributeDefinition getAttributes(Object object) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * If available, all of the ConfigAttributeDefinitions defined by the implementing class.

This * is used by the {@link AbstractSecurityInterceptor} to perform startup time validation of each * ConfigAttribute configured against it.

* * @return an iterator over all the ConfigAttributeDefinitions or null if unsupported */ public Iterator getConfigAttributeDefinitions(); /** * Indicates whether the ObjectDefinitionSource implementation is able to provide * ConfigAttributeDefinitions for the indicated secure object type. * * @param clazz the class that is being queried * * @return true if the implementation can process the indicated class */ public boolean supports(Class clazz); }




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