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package netscape.security.acl;

import java.security.acl.Permission;

/**
 * The PermissionImpl class implements the permission
 * interface for permissions that are strings.
 * 
 * @author Satish Dharmaraj
 */
public class PermissionImpl implements Permission {

    private String permission;

    /**
     * Construct a permission object using a string.
     * 
     * @param permission the stringified version of the permission.
     */
    public PermissionImpl(String permission) {
        this.permission = permission;
    }

    /**
     * This function 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
     */
    public boolean equals(Object another) {
        if (another instanceof Permission) {
            Permission p = (Permission) another;
            return permission.equals(p.toString());
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Prints a stringified version of the permission.
     * 
     * @return the string representation of the Permission.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return permission;
    }
}