cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/auth/Permission.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.auth;

import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.Set;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;

/**
 * An enum encapsulating the set of possible permissions that an authenticated user can have on a resource.
 *
 * IAuthorizer implementations may encode permissions using ordinals, so the Enum order must never change order.
 * Adding new values is ok.
 */
public enum Permission
{
    @Deprecated
    READ,
    @Deprecated
    WRITE,

    // schema and role management
    // CREATE, ALTER and DROP permissions granted on an appropriate DataResource are required for
    // CREATE KEYSPACE and CREATE TABLE.
    // ALTER KEYSPACE, ALTER TABLE, CREATE INDEX and DROP INDEX require ALTER permission on the
    // relevant DataResource.
    // DROP KEYSPACE and DROP TABLE require DROP permission.
    //
    // In the context of Role management, these permissions may also be granted on a RoleResource.
    // CREATE is only granted on the root-level role resource, and is required to create new roles.
    // ALTER & DROP may be granted on either the root-level role resource, giving permissions on
    // all roles, or on specific role-level resources.
    CREATE,
    ALTER,
    DROP,

    // data access
    SELECT, // required for SELECT on a table
    MODIFY, // required for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, TRUNCATE on a DataResource.

    // permission management
    AUTHORIZE, // required for GRANT and REVOKE of permissions or roles.

    DESCRIBE, // required on the root-level RoleResource to list all Roles

    // UDF permissions
    EXECUTE,  // required to invoke any user defined function or aggregate

    UNMASK, // required to see masked data

    SELECT_MASKED; // required for SELECT on a table with restictions on masked columns

    public static final Set<Permission> ALL =
            Sets.immutableEnumSet(EnumSet.range(Permission.CREATE, Permission.SELECT_MASKED));
    public static final Set<Permission> NONE = ImmutableSet.of();
}
