empire-db-struts2/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/struts2/action/ActionAccessValidator.java

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package org.apache.empire.struts2.action;

public interface ActionAccessValidator
{
    /*
     * checks wether or not the user must login first to access this page
     * 
     * return true if 
     * 1. the action requries login
     * 2. the user has not been logged on already
     * or false otherwise.
     * 
     * check is performed by ActionAccessInterceptor 
     */
    boolean loginRequired();
    
    /*
     * checks wether or not the user has access to this action
     * or an idividual method respectively
     * 
     * check is performed by ActionAccessInterceptor 
     */
    boolean hasAccess(String method);
}