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002 * Copyright 2005-2017 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationChannelBo;
019import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationProducerBo;
020
021/**
022 * The NotificationAuthorizationService class is responsible for housing permissions and authorization 
023 * related services.
024 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025 */
026public interface NotificationAuthorizationService {
027    /**
028     * This service method validates that the specified producer has the permissions to send a notification 
029     * on for a specific NotificationChannel.
030     * @param producer
031     * @param channel
032     * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not
033     */
034    public boolean isProducerAuthorizedToSendNotificationForChannel(NotificationProducerBo producer, NotificationChannelBo channel);
035    
036    /**
037     * This method checks to see if the user is authorized as an administrator in the system.
038     * @param userId
039     * @return boolean - true if authorized, false if not
040     */
041    public boolean isUserAdministrator(String userId);
042}