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/* * Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.security.acls.jdbc; import org.springframework.security.acls.model.Acl; import org.springframework.security.acls.model.NotFoundException; import org.springframework.security.acls.model.ObjectIdentity; import org.springframework.security.acls.model.Sid; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; /** * Performs lookups for {@link org.springframework.security.acls.model.AclService}. * * @author Ben Alex */ public interface LookupStrategy { // ~ Methods // ======================================================================================================== /** * Perform database-specific optimized lookup. * * @param objects the identities to lookup (required) * @param sids the SIDs for which identities are required (may be <tt>null</tt> - * implementations may elect not to provide SID optimisations) * * @return a <tt>Map</tt> where keys represent the {@link ObjectIdentity} of the * located {@link Acl} and values are the located {@link Acl} (never <tt>null</tt> * although some entries may be missing; this method should not throw * {@link NotFoundException}, as a chain of {@link LookupStrategy}s may be used to * automatically create entries if required) */ Map<ObjectIdentity, Acl> readAclsById(List<ObjectIdentity> objects, List<Sid> sids); }