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  25 
  26 package java.security.acl;
  27 
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant
  31  * a particular type of access to a resource.
  32  *
  33  * @author Satish Dharmaraj
  34  * @since 1.1
  35  *
  36  * @deprecated This package has been replaced by {@code java.security.Policy}
  37  *      and related classes since 1.2.
  38  */
  39 @Deprecated(since="9")
  40 public interface Permission {
  41 
  42     /**
  43      * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented
  44      * in this interface.
  45      *
  46      * @param another the Permission object to compare with.
  47      *
  48      * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise
  49      */
  50     public boolean equals(Object another);
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Prints a string representation of this permission.
  54      *
  55      * @return the string representation of the permission.
  56      */
  57     public String toString();
  58 
  59 }