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package com.netscape.certsrv.policy;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import com.netscape.certsrv.request.IRequest;
import com.netscape.certsrv.request.PolicyResult;

/**
 * Represents a set of policy rules. Policy rules are ordered from
 * lowest priority to highest priority. The priority assignment for rules
 * is not enforced by this interface. Various implementation may
 * use different mechanisms such as a linear ordering of rules
 * in a configuration file or explicit assignment of priority levels ..etc.
 * The policy system initialization needs to deal with reading the rules, sorting
 * them in increasing order of priority and presenting an ordered vector of rules
 * via the IPolicySet interface.
 * <P>
 *
 * <PRE>
 * NOTE:  The Policy Framework has been replaced by the Profile Framework.
 * </PRE>
 * <P>
 *
 * @deprecated
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface IPolicySet {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the rule set.
     * <P>
     *
     * @return The name of the rule set.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the no of rules in a set.
     * <P>
     *
     * @return the no of rules.
     */
    int count();

    /**
     * Add a policy rule.
     * <P>
     *
     * @param ruleName The name of the rule to be added.
     * @param rule The rule to be added.
     */
    void addRule(String ruleName, IPolicyRule rule);

    /**
     * Removes a policy rule identified by the given name.
     *
     * @param ruleName The name of the rule to be removed.
     */
    void removeRule(String ruleName);

    /**
     * Returns the rule identified by a given name.
     * <P>
     *
     * @param ruleName The name of the rule to be return.
     * @return The rule identified by the given name or null if none exists.
     */
    IPolicyRule getRule(String ruleName);

    /**
     * Returns an enumeration of rules.
     * <P>
     *
     * @return An enumeration of rules.
     */
    Enumeration<IPolicyRule> getRules();

    /**
     * Apply policy rules on a request. This call may modify
     * the request content.
     *
     * @param req The request to apply policies on.
     *
     *            <P>
     * @return The policy result.
     */
    PolicyResult apply(IRequest req);
}
