Is it possible To aggregate permissions under roles. This makes it easier To grant roles To A user and thereby A large set OF permissions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Shane Bryzak <mailto:sbryzak@redhat.com> Sent: ‎2014-‎06-‎05 01:29 To: security-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:security-dev@lists.jboss.org> Subject: Re: [security-dev] Permission and Role Hi Rahul, They are fundamentally two very different things. A role is typically used to define a set of users for which specific privileges are to be assigned, while a permission is used to control access to application resources or services. A permission check can actually use the user's roles to determine whether the user has the necessary privilege to perform an action. Here's a couple of pseudo-code examples to make this a little clearer: 1. Restricting access to a method based on the user's role: @RolesAllowed("admin") public void doProtectedOperation() { ... } 2. Restricting access to a method to users with permission to cancel a specific "order": public void cancelOrder(@HasPermission("cancel") Order order) { ... } Hope that helps! Shane On 06/05/2014 09:13 AM, Rahul Mahindrakar wrote: > Hi > > I have not been able to have a grasp of the difference between the > usage of Role and permissions. > > Can someone guide me in this direction > > Thanks > Rahul > > > _______________________________________________ > security-dev mailing list > security-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/security-dev