question: public boolean implies ( Permission p ) { if ( ! ( p instanceof DiscoveryPermission ) ) return false ; String grp = p . getName ( ) ; String group = getName ( ) ; if ( group . startsWith ( "*" ) ) { if ( group . length ( ) == 1 ) return true ; if ( grp . length ( ) == 1 ) return false ; return ( grp . length ( ) >= group . length ( ) && group . regionMatches ( false , 2 , grp , grp . length ( ) - group . length ( ) + 2 , group . length ( ) - 2 ) ) ; } if ( grp . startsWith ( "*" ) ) return false ; return group . equals ( grp ) ; }
target:  Returns true if the name of this permission (the one on which the method is invoked) is the same as the name of the permission parameter, or if the name of this permission starts with '*' and the remainder (after the '*') is a suffix of the name of the permission parameter.