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/**
* 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
*/
/**
* Prints a string representation of this permission.
*
* @return the string representation of the permission.
*/
}