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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.server;

/**
 * <p>
 * <span style="color:red">Experimental API: This class is still under rapid
 * development, and is very likely to be deleted. Use it at your own risk.
 * </span>
 * </p>
 * Enforces security policy for operations and classes, as well as permitting
 * request obfuscation.
 */
public interface RequestSecurityProvider {

  /**
   * Throws exception if argument is not accessible via remote requests.
   */
  void checkClass(Class<?> clazz) throws SecurityException;

  /**
   * Encode a Class type into a String token.
   */
  String encodeClassType(Class<?> type);

  /**
   * Optionally decodes a previously encoded operation. Throws exception if
   * argument is not a legal operation.
   */
  String mapOperation(String operationName) throws SecurityException;
}