@Before
  public void setup() {
    // ACEs from groups contained in config

    aceBean1 = new AceBean();
    aceBean1.setPrincipal("group-A");
    aceBean1.setActions(null);
    aceBean1.setActionsStringFromConfig("");
    aceBean1.setPermission("deny");
    aceBean1.setJcrPath("/content");
    aceBean1.setPrivilegesString("jcr:read,crx:replicate");
    aceBean1.setRepGlob("");

    aceBean2 = new AceBean();
    aceBean2.setPrincipal("group-A");
    aceBean2.setActions(new String[] {"read", "replicate"});
    aceBean1.setPermission("deny");
    aceBean2.setJcrPath("/content");
    aceBean2.setPrivilegesString("");
    aceBean2.setRepGlob("");

    aceBean3 = new AceBean();
  }
  public boolean validatePrivileges(final AceBean tmpAclBean, AccessControlManager aclManager)
      throws InvalidJcrPrivilegeException, DoubledDefinedJcrPrivilegeException {
    String currentEntryValue = tmpAclBean.getPrivilegesString();
    String principal = tmpAclBean.getPrincipalName();

    if (!StringUtils.isNotBlank(currentEntryValue)) {
      return false;
    }
    String[] privileges = currentEntryValue.split(",");
    Set<String> privilegesSet = new HashSet<String>();

    for (int i = 0; i < privileges.length; i++) {

      // remove leading and trailing blanks from privilege name
      privileges[i] = StringUtils.strip(privileges[i]);

      if (!Validators.isValidJcrPrivilege(privileges[i], aclManager)) {
        String errorMessage =
            getBeanDescription(this.currentBeanCounter, principal)
                + ",  invalid jcr privilege: "
                + privileges[i];
        LOG.error(errorMessage);
        throw new InvalidJcrPrivilegeException(errorMessage);
      }
      if (!privilegesSet.add(privileges[i])) {
        String errorMessage =
            getBeanDescription(this.currentBeanCounter, principal)
                + ", doubled defined jcr privilege: "
                + privileges[i];
        LOG.error(errorMessage);
        throw new DoubledDefinedJcrPrivilegeException(errorMessage);
      }
    }
    tmpAclBean.setPrivilegesString(currentEntryValue);

    return true;
  }