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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package java.security.acl;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for managing owners of Access Control Lists (ACLs) or ACL
+ * configurations. (Note that the Acl interface in the
+ * {@code  java.security.acl} package extends this Owner
+ * interface.) The initial owner Principal should be specified as an
+ * argument to the constructor of the class implementing this interface.
+ *
+ * @see java.security.acl.Acl
+ *
+ */
+public interface Owner {
+
+    /**
+     * Adds an owner. Only owners can modify ACL contents. The caller
+     * principal must be an owner of the ACL in order to invoke this method.
+     * That is, only an owner can add another owner. The initial owner is
+     * configured at ACL construction time.
+     *
+     * @param caller the principal invoking this method. It must be an owner
+     * of the ACL.
+     *
+     * @param owner the owner that should be added to the list of owners.
+     *
+     * @return true if successful, false if owner is already an owner.
+     * @exception NotOwnerException if the caller principal is not an owner
+     * of the ACL.
+     */
+    public boolean addOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner)
+      throws NotOwnerException;
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes an owner. If this is the last owner in the ACL, an exception is
+     * raised.<p>
+     *
+     * The caller principal must be an owner of the ACL in order to invoke
+     * this method.
+     *
+     * @param caller the principal invoking this method. It must be an owner
+     * of the ACL.
+     *
+     * @param owner the owner to be removed from the list of owners.
+     *
+     * @return true if the owner is removed, false if the owner is not part
+     * of the list of owners.
+     *
+     * @exception NotOwnerException if the caller principal is not an owner
+     * of the ACL.
+     *
+     * @exception LastOwnerException if there is only one owner left, so that
+     * deleteOwner would leave the ACL owner-less.
+     */
+    public boolean deleteOwner(Principal caller, Principal owner)
+      throws NotOwnerException, LastOwnerException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the given principal is an owner of the ACL.
+     *
+     * @param owner the principal to be checked to determine whether or not
+     * it is an owner.
+     *
+     * @return true if the passed principal is in the list of owners, false
+     * if not.
+     */
+    public boolean isOwner(Principal owner);
+
+}