phorge-phorge/src/applications/policy/capability/PhabricatorPolicyCapability.php

<?php

abstract class PhabricatorPolicyCapability extends Phobject {

  const CAN_VIEW        = 'view';
  const CAN_EDIT        = 'edit';
  const CAN_JOIN        = 'join';

  /**
   * Get the unique key identifying this capability. This key must be globally
   * unique. Application capabilities should be namespaced. For example:
   *
   *   application.create
   *
   * @return string Globally unique capability key.
   */
  abstract public function getCapabilityKey();


  /**
   * Return a human-readable descriptive name for this capability, like
   * "Can View".
   *
   * @return string Human-readable name describing the capability.
   */
  abstract public function getCapabilityName();


  /**
   * Return a human-readable string describing what not having this capability
   * prevents the user from doing. For example:
   *
   *   - You do not have permission to edit this object.
   *   - You do not have permission to create new tasks.
   *
   * @return string Human-readable name describing what failing a check for this
   *   capability prevents the user from doing.
   */
  abstract public function describeCapabilityRejection();


  final public static function getCapabilityByKey($key) {
    return idx(self::getCapabilityMap(), $key);
  }

  final public static function getCapabilityMap() {
    static $map;
    if ($map === null) {
      $capabilities = id(new PhutilSymbolLoader())
        ->setAncestorClass(__CLASS__)
        ->loadObjects();

      $map = mpull($capabilities, null, 'getCapabilityKey');
    }

    return $map;
  }

}