Index: xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Context.java
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--- xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Context.java	(revision 8456)
+++ xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Context.java	Sat Mar 15 15:58:08 CET 2008
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public void resetProgrammingRightsChecker() {
+        getXWikiContext().put(PROGRAMMING_RIGHTS_CHECKER_FLAG, false);
+    }
+
+    public boolean haveProgrammingRightsBeenChecked() {
+        return (Boolean) getXWikiContext().get(PROGRAMMING_RIGHTS_CHECKER_FLAG);
+    }
+
     public void setFinished(boolean finished)
     {
         getXWikiContext().setFinished(finished);
Index: xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Api.java
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--- xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Api.java	(revision 8456)
+++ xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/api/Api.java	Sat Mar 15 15:58:08 CET 2008
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
      *       non-core plugins but better do it now rather than after the 1.0 release...
      */
     protected XWikiContext context;
-
+    
+    protected static String PROGRAMMING_RIGHTS_CHECKER_FLAG = "programmingrightschecked";
+
     /**
      * @param context the XWiki Context object
      * @see #getXWikiContext()
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     public boolean hasProgrammingRights()
     {
         com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki xwiki = context.getWiki();
+        context.put(PROGRAMMING_RIGHTS_CHECKER_FLAG, true);
         return xwiki.getRightService().hasProgrammingRights(context);
     }