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The default permission depends on whether you pass a C<uid> (authenticated)
or not (anonymous).

=head1 CONSTRUCTOR

=head2 new

Creates an ACL::Lite object by passing the following parameters:

=over 4

=item uid

User identifier for authenticated users.

=item permissions

Granted permissions.

=item separator

Separator used to parse permission strings. Defaults to C<,>.

=back

=cut

sub new {
	my ($class, $self, $type, %args);
	
	$class = shift;

	%args = @_;
	
	$self = {separator => $args{separator} || ',',
			 permissions => {},
			 uid => $args{uid},
			 volatile => 0};
	
	bless $self, $class;
	
	if (exists $args{permissions}) {
		$type = ref($args{permissions});

		if ($type eq 'ARRAY') {
			for my $perm (@{$args{permissions}}) {
				$self->{permissions}->{$perm} = 1;
			}
		}
		elsif ($type eq 'CODE') {
			$self->{volatile} = 1;
			$self->{sub} = $args{permissions};
		}
		elsif (defined $args{permissions}) {
			my @perms;

			for my $perm (split(/$self->{separator}/, $args{permissions})) {
				$perm =~ s/^\s+//;
				$perm =~ s/\s+$//;
				next unless length($perm);

				$self->{permissions}->{$perm} = 1;
			}
		}
	}

    # add default permissions
    if ($self->{uid}) {
        $self->{permissions}->{authenticated} = 1;
    }
    else {
        $self->{permissions}->{anonymous} = 1;
    }

	return $self;
}

=head2 check $permissions, $uid

Checks whether any of the permissions in $permissions is granted.
Returns first permission which grants access.

=cut

sub check {
	my ($self, $permissions, $uid) = @_;
	my (@check, $user_permissions);

	if (ref($permissions) eq 'ARRAY') {
		@check = @$permissions;
	}
	else {
		@check = ($permissions);
	}

	if ($uid && $uid ne $self->{uid}) {
		# mismatch on user identifier
		return;
	}

    $user_permissions = $self->permissions;

	for my $perm (@check) {
		if (exists $user_permissions->{$perm}) {
			return $perm;
		}
	}

	return;
}

=head2 permissions

Returns permissions as hash reference:

    $perms = $acl->permissions;

Returns permissions as list:

    @perms = $acl->permissions;