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java.security.acl
public interface: Owner [javadoc | source]

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    Acl

Interface for managing owners of Access Control Lists (ACLs) or ACL configurations. (Note that the Acl interface in the 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.
Method from java.security.acl.Owner Summary:
addOwner,   deleteOwner,   isOwner
Method from java.security.acl.Owner Detail:
 public boolean addOwner(Principal caller,
    Principal owner) throws NotOwnerException
    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.
 public boolean deleteOwner(Principal caller,
    Principal owner) throws LastOwnerException, NotOwnerException
    Deletes an owner. If this is the last owner in the ACL, an exception is
raised.
    

The caller principal must be an owner of the ACL in order to invoke
this method.
 public boolean isOwner(Principal owner)
    Returns true if the given principal is an owner of the ACL.