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package org.osgi.service.condpermadmin;
import java.util.Dictionary;
/**
* The interface implemented by a Condition. Conditions are bound to Permissions
* using Conditional Permission Info. The Permissions of a ConditionalPermission
* Info can only be used if the associated Conditions are satisfied.
*
* @ThreadSafe
* @version $Id: ae2500276f1204a47a981347579f5b53cc8a7e4f $
*/
public interface Condition {
/**
* A Condition object that will always evaluate to true and that is never
* postponed.
*/
public final static Condition TRUE = new BooleanCondition(true);
/**
* A Condition object that will always evaluate to false and that is never
* postponed.
*/
public final static Condition FALSE = new BooleanCondition(false);
/**
* Returns whether the evaluation must be postponed until the end of the
* permission check. If this method returns {@code false} (or this Condition
* is immutable), then this Condition must be able to directly answer the
* {@link #isSatisfied()} method. In other words, isSatisfied() will return
* very quickly since no external sources, such as for example users or
* networks, need to be consulted.
* This method must always return the same value whenever it is called so
* that the Conditional Permission Admin can cache its result.
*
* @return {@code true} to indicate the evaluation must be postponed.
* Otherwise, {@code false} if the evaluation can be performed
* immediately.
*/
boolean isPostponed();
/**
* Returns whether the Condition is satisfied. This method is only called
* for immediate Condition objects or immutable postponed conditions, and
* must always be called inside a permission check. Mutable postponed
* Condition objects will be called with the grouped version
* {@link #isSatisfied(Condition[],Dictionary)} at the end of the permission
* check.
*
* @return {@code true} to indicate the Conditions is satisfied. Otherwise,
* {@code false} if the Condition is not satisfied.
*/
boolean isSatisfied();
/**
* Returns whether the Condition is mutable. A Condition can go from mutable
* ({@code true}) to immutable ({@code false}) over time but never from
* immutable ({@code false}) to mutable ({@code true}).
*
* @return {@code true} {@link #isSatisfied()} can change. Otherwise,
* {@code false} if the value returned by {@link #isSatisfied()}
* will not change for this condition.
*/
boolean isMutable();
/**
* Returns whether the specified set of Condition objects are satisfied.
* Although this method is not static, it must be implemented as if it were
* static. All of the passed Condition objects will be of the same type and
* will correspond to the class type of the object on which this method is
* invoked. This method must be called inside a permission check only.
*
* @param conditions The array of Condition objects, which must all be of
* the same class and mutable. The receiver must be one of those
* Condition objects.
* @param context A Dictionary object that implementors can use to track
* state. If this method is invoked multiple times in the same
* permission check, the same Dictionary will be passed multiple
* times. The SecurityManager treats this Dictionary as an opaque
* object and simply creates an empty dictionary and passes it to
* subsequent invocations if multiple invocations are needed.
* @return {@code true} if all the Condition objects are satisfied.
* Otherwise, {@code false} if one of the Condition objects is not
* satisfied.
*/
boolean isSatisfied(Condition conditions[], Dictionary