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package org.apache.deltaspike.security.api.authorization;

import org.apache.deltaspike.core.api.config.view.metadata.DefaultCallback;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Interface for implementing concrete voters.
 * A voter has to add an instance of
 * {@link SecurityViolation} to the given result-set,
 * if a restriction is detected.<p/>
 * A voter has to be used in combination with
 * {@link Secured}.<p/>
 * A voter can use every scope which is active. It's recommended to use
 * {@link jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped} for stateless voters and e.g.
 * {@link jakarta.enterprise.context.RequestScoped} otherwise.
 */
public interface AccessDecisionVoter extends Serializable
{
    /**
     * Checks the permission for the given {@link jakarta.interceptor.InvocationContext}.
     * If a violation is detected, it should be added to a set which gets returned by the method.
     *
     * @param accessDecisionVoterContext current access-decision-voter-context
     * @return a set which contains violations which have been detected
     */
    @DefaultCallback
    Set<SecurityViolation> checkPermission(AccessDecisionVoterContext accessDecisionVoterContext);
}
