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package java.security.acl;


/**
 * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant
 * a particular type of access to a resource.
 *
 * @author Satish Dharmaraj
 */
public interface Permission {

    /**
     * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented
     * in this interface.
     *
     * @param another the Permission object to compare with.
     *
     * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise
     */
    public boolean equals(Object another);

    /**
     * Prints a string representation of this permission.
     *
     * @return the string representation of the permission.
     */
    public String toString();

}