permissions.py

This module provides utility functions to handle user permissions and ownership checks for the Django appointment system.

Overview:

• Module Metadata
• Functions
• Ownership Checks
• Permission Checks

Module Metadata:

Author: Adams Pierre David Since: 1.2.0

Functions:

Ownership Checks:

• check_entity_ownership(user, entity):
• Checks if a user owns a particular entity or if the user has superuser privileges.

Permission Checks:

• check_extensive_permissions(staff_user_id, user, entity):

• Determines if a user has permissions to make changes based on the provided staff_user_id and entity ownership.

• check_permissions(staff_user_id, user):

• Determines if a user has permissions to add based on the provided staff_user_id.

• has_permission_to_delete_appointment(user, appointment):

• Determines if a user may delete an appointment: superusers may delete any, staff members only their own.