Metacat

    public String setAccess(String docid, String principal, String

            permission, String permType, String permOrder )

        prop.put("docid", docid);

        prop.put("principal", principal);

        prop.put("permission", permission);

        prop.put("permType", permType);

        prop.put("permOrder", permOrder);

	 * Set access for a given doc id. The access is represented in an access

	 * block of xml. All existing access will be replaced with the access

	 * provided in the access block.

	 * 

	 * @param docid

	 *            the doc id for the doc we want to update

	 * @param accessBlock

	 *            the xml access block. This is the same structure as that

	 *            returned by the getdocumentinfo action in metacat.

	 * @return a string holding the response xml

	 */

    public String setAccess(String docid, String accessBlock)

            throws InsufficientKarmaException, MetacatException, MetacatInaccessibleException {

        //set up properties

        Properties prop = new Properties();

        prop.put("action", "setaccess");

        prop.put("docid", docid);

        prop.put("accessBlock", accessBlock);

        String response = null;

        try {

            response = sendDataForString(prop, null, null, 0);

        } catch (Exception e) {

            throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());

        }

        // Check for an error condition

        if (response.indexOf("<error>") != -1) {

            if (response.indexOf("does not have permission") != -1) {

                throw new InsufficientKarmaException(response);

            } else {

                throw new MetacatException(response);

            }

        }

        return response;

    }

    /**