* "The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security" (which is also
 * available online).
 * <p>
 * Direct ACEs are evaluated first in order. The SID of the user performing
 * the operation and the desired access bits are compared to the SID
 * and access mask of each ACE. If the SID matches, the allow/deny flags
 * and access mask are considered. If the ACE is a "deny"

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2025 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

 * to determine if a given response data matches the rule, retrieve the rule's identifier,
 * and obtain the associated response processor.
 */
public interface Rule extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Determines if the given response data matches the rule.
     *
     * @param responseData the response data to be evaluated
     * @return true if the response data matches the rule, false otherwise
     */

     *
     * @param <T>       the entity type
     * @param index     the index name
     * @param condition the search condition
     * @param creator   the entity creator
     * @param cursor    the cursor function to process each entity
     * @return the number of documents processed
     * @throws InvalidQueryException if the query is invalid
     */

 * methods to modify the behavior of the backing set as desired per the <a
 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern">decorator pattern</a>.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The methods of {@code ForwardingSet} forward <b>indiscriminately</b> to the
 * methods of the delegate. For example, overriding {@link #add} alone <b>will not</b> change the

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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

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 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *

        * the corresponding SmbAuthentication object is returned.
        * </p>
        *
        * @param path The path for which to retrieve the SmbAuthentication.
        *             If null, the method returns null.
        * @return The SmbAuthentication associated with the path, or null if no
        *         matching authentication is found or if the path is null.
        */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License