001    /*
002     * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
005     * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
006     * the License at
007     * 
008     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
012     * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
013     * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
014     * the License.
015     */
016    package org.springframework.richclient.core;
017    
018    /**
019     * Interface to be implemented by objects whose operations can be authorized or not.
020     * 
021     * @author Larry Streepy
022     */
023    public interface Authorizable {
024    
025        /** Property notified on change. */
026        public static final String AUTHORIZED_PROPERTY = "authorized";
027        
028        /**
029         * Set the authorized state.
030         * @param authorized Pass <code>true</code> if the object is to be authorized
031         */
032        public void setAuthorized( boolean authorized );
033        
034        /**
035         * Get the authorized state.
036         * @return authorized
037         */
038        public boolean isAuthorized();
039    }