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  package org.apache.cassandra.sidecar.acl.authorization;
  
  /**
   * Factory class for creating {@link Permission} given permission name
   */
  public interface PermissionFactory
  {
      /**
       * Construct a {@link Permission} given the permission name.
       *
       * @param name name of permission
       * @return an instance of {@link Permission} given the name
       */
      Permission createPermission(String name);
  
      /**
       * Construct a {@link CompositePermission} if a feature permission match is found for given permission name.
       * {@link CompositePermission} consists of all basic permissions associated with given feature level permission.
       *
       * @param name name of permission
       * @return a {@link CompositePermission} containing the basic permissions that correspond to given feature level
       *         permission, or {@code null} if no match is found.
       */
      CompositePermission createFeaturePermission(String name);
  }
  