<?php
/**
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 * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 *
 * Licensed under The MIT License
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 *
 * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
 * @package       Cake.Controller.Component
 * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 0.10.0.1076
 * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 */

/**
 * Access Control List interface.
 * Implementing classes are used by AclComponent to perform ACL checks in Cake.
 *
 * @package       Cake.Controller.Component
 */
interface AclInterface {

/**
 * Empty method to be overridden in subclasses
 *
 * @param string $aro ARO The requesting object identifier.
 * @param string $aco ACO The controlled object identifier.
 * @param string $action Action (defaults to *)
 */
	public function check($aro, $aco, $action = "*");

/**
 * Allow methods are used to grant an ARO access to an ACO.
 *
 * @param string $aro ARO The requesting object identifier.
 * @param string $aco ACO The controlled object identifier.
 * @param string $action Action (defaults to *)
 * @return boolean Success
 */
	public function allow($aro, $aco, $action = "*");

/**
 * Deny methods are used to remove permission from an ARO to access an ACO.
 *
 * @param string $aro ARO The requesting object identifier.
 * @param string $aco ACO The controlled object identifier.
 * @param string $action Action (defaults to *)
 * @return boolean Success
 */
	public function deny($aro, $aco, $action = "*");

/**
 * Inherit methods modify the permission for an ARO to be that of its parent object.
 *
 * @param string $aro ARO The requesting object identifier.
 * @param string $aco ACO The controlled object identifier.
 * @param string $action Action (defaults to *)
 * @return boolean Success
 */
	public function inherit($aro, $aco, $action = "*");

/**
 * Initialization method for the Acl implementation
 *
 * @param AclComponent $component
 */
	public function initialize(Component $component);

}