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3 - Stage-Alpha
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4 summary: Compatibility layer for Prosody's future roles API
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 This module provides compatibility with Prosody's new role and permissions
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11 system. It aims to run on Prosody 0.11 and 0.12, providing a limited version
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12 of the new API backed by is_admin() (which is not going to be present in trunk
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13 and future Prosody versions).
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15 It is designed for use by modules which want to be compatible with Prosody
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16 versions with and without the new permissions API.
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18 Configuration
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19 =============
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21 There is no configuration.
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23 Usage (for developers)
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24 ======================
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26 If you are a module developer, and want your module to work with Prosody trunk
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27 and future releases, you should avoid the `usermanager.is_admin()` function.
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29 Instead, depend on this module:
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31 ```
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32 module:depends("compat_roles")
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33 ```
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35 Then use `module:may()` instead:
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37 ```
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38 if module:may(":do-something") then
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39 -- Blah
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40 end
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41 ```
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43 For more information on the new role/permissions API, check Prosody's
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44 developer documentation at https://prosody.im/doc/developers/permissions
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46 Compatibility
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47 =============
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49 Requires Prosody 0.11 or 0.12.