wiki.techinc.nl/includes/Permissions/Authority.php

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namespace MediaWiki\Permissions;

use MediaWiki\Page\PageIdentity;
use MediaWiki\User\UserIdentity;

/**
 * @unstable
 * @since 1.36
 */
interface Authority {

	/**
	 * Returns the performer of the actions associated with this authority.
	 *
	 * Actions performed under this authority should generally be attributed
	 * to the user identity returned by this method.
	 *
	 * @return UserIdentity
	 */
	public function getPerformer(): UserIdentity;

	/**
	 * Checks whether this authority has the given permission in general.
	 * For some permissions, exceptions may exist, both positive and negative, on a per-target basis.
	 *
	 * @param string $permission
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function isAllowed( string $permission ): bool;

	/**
	 * Checks whether this authority has any of the given permissions in general.
	 *
	 * Implementations must ensure that this method returns true if isAllowed would return true
	 * for any of the given permissions. Calling isAllowedAny() with one parameter must be
	 * equivalent to calling isAllowed(). Calling isAllowedAny() with no parameter is not allowed.
	 *
	 * @see isAllowed
	 *
	 * @param string ...$permissions Permissions to test. At least one must be given.
	 * @return bool True if user is allowed to perform *any* of the given actions
	 */
	public function isAllowedAny( ...$permissions ): bool;

	/**
	 * Checks whether this authority has any of the given permissions in general.
	 *
	 * Implementations must ensure that this method returns false if isAllowed would return false
	 * for any of the given permissions. Calling isAllowedAll() with one parameter must be
	 * equivalent to calling isAllowed(). Calling isAllowedAny() with no parameter is not allowed.
	 *
	 * @see isAllowed
	 *
	 * @param string ...$permissions Permissions to test. At least one must be given.
	 * @return bool True if the user is allowed to perform *all* of the given actions
	 */
	public function isAllowedAll( ...$permissions ): bool;

	/**
	 * Checks whether this authority can probably perform the given action on the given target page.
	 * This method offers a fast, lightweight check, and may produce false positives.
	 * It is intended for determining which UI elements should be offered to the user.
	 *
	 * @param string $action
	 * @param PageIdentity $target
	 * @param PermissionStatus|null $status aggregator for failures
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function probablyCan(
		string $action,
		PageIdentity $target,
		PermissionStatus $status = null
	): bool;

	/**
	 * Checks whether this authority can perform the given action on the given target page.
	 * This method performs a thorough check, but does not protect against race conditions.
	 * It is intended to be used when a user is intending to perform an action, but has not
	 * yet committed to it. For example, when a user goes to the edit page of an article, this
	 * method may be used to determine whether the user should be presented with a warning and
	 * a read-only view instead.
	 *
	 * @param string $action
	 * @param PageIdentity $target
	 * @param PermissionStatus|null $status aggregator for failures
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function definitelyCan(
		string $action,
		PageIdentity $target,
		PermissionStatus $status = null
	): bool;

	/**
	 * Authorize read access. This should be used immediately before performing read access on
	 * restricted information.
	 *
	 * Calling this method may have non-trivial side-effects, such as incrementing a rate limit
	 * counter.
	 *
	 * @param string $action
	 * @param PageIdentity $target
	 * @param PermissionStatus|null $status aggregator for failures
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function authorizeRead(
		string $action,
		PageIdentity $target,
		PermissionStatus $status = null
	): bool;

	/**
	 * Authorize write access. This should be used immediately before updating
	 * persisted information.
	 *
	 * Calling this method may have non-trivial side-effects, such as incrementing a rate limit
	 * counter.
	 *
	 * @param string $action
	 * @param PageIdentity $target
	 * @param PermissionStatus|null $status aggregator for failures
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	public function authorizeWrite(
		string $action,
		PageIdentity $target,
		PermissionStatus $status = null
	): bool;

}