/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * Copyright (C) 2004 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL), * a copy of which is included in this distribution. */ package org.jivesoftware.util; import org.jivesoftware.messenger.auth.AuthToken; import org.jivesoftware.messenger.auth.Permissions; /** * An interface that defines a method to create proxy objects based on an authToken and permissions. * * @author Iain Shigeoka */ public interface ProxyFactory { /** * Creates a new proxy for <tt>obj</tt> using the specified authToken and permissions, or * returns null if the user doesn't have permission to read the object. * * @return a new proxy. */ public Object createProxy(Object obj, AuthToken auth, Permissions perms); }