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* Contributors:
* s IT Solutions AT Spardat GmbH - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
/*
* Created on 13.06.2003
*
*
*
*/
package at.spardat.xma.security;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
/**
* This is the interface of all authorisation plugins.
* Authorisation plugins are used to check if a given
* user is allowed to call a given function.
*
* @author s2877
*/
public interface Authorisation {
/**
* Check if the given user is alowed to perform the given function.
* @param subject the subject as returned by the LoginModule
* @param function a String identifying the desired operation
* @return true if the user is allowed to perform the function
* false otherwise
*/
boolean isAuthorized(Subject subject, String function);
}