/* Permission.java -- Information about an ACL permission   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This file is part of GNU Classpath.GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modifyit under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published bythe Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)any later version.GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, butWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty ofMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNUGeneral Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licensealong with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to theFree Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA02110-1301 USA.Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules ismaking a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms andconditions of the GNU General Public License cover the wholecombination.As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give youpermission to link this library with independent modules to produce anexecutable, regardless of the license terms of these independentmodules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable underterms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linkedindependent module, the terms and conditions of the license of thatmodule.  An independent module is a module which is not derived fromor based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extendthis exception to your version of the library, but you are notobligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete thisexception statement from your version. */package java.security.acl;/** * This interface provides information about a permission that can be * granted.  Note that this is <em>not</em> the same as the class * <code>java.security.Permission</code>. * * @version 0.0 * * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) */public interface Permission{  /**   * This method tests whether or not a specified <code>Permission</code>   * (passed as an <code>Object</code>) is the same as this permission.   *   * @param perm The permission to check for equality   *   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified permission is the same as this one, <code>false</code> otherwise   */  boolean equals (Object perm);  /**   * This method returns this <code>Permission</code> as a <code>String</code>.   *   * @return A <code>String</code> representing this permission.   */  String toString();}