com.googlecode.fascinator.roles.ldap
Class LDAPRoles

java.lang.Object
  com.googlecode.fascinator.roles.ldap.LDAPRoles

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin, com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

public class LDAPRoles
extends Object
implements com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

This plugin implements ldap roles.

Configuration

Standard configuration table:

Option	Description	Required	Default
ldap/baseURL	URL of the LDAP server	Yes	ldap://ldap.uq.edu.au:389
ldap/baseDN	The base Distinguished Name to search under	Yes	ou=people,o=The University of Queensland,c=AU
ldap/idAttribute	The name of the attribute for which the username will be searched under	Yes	uid
ldap/filterPrefix	The prefix for the LDAP search filter	No	(empty string)
ldap/filterSuffix	The suffix for the LDAP search filter	No	(empty string)
ldap/ldapRoleAttribute	The name of the LDAP attribute that contains the role values	No	objectClass
ldap/ldapRoleMap	This value maps role attribute values from LDAP to the fascinator roles. If the role attribute value does not exist in the mapping, the user will not have any roles.	Yes	(empty list)

Examples

1. Using ldap role plugin in The Fascinator

         "roles": {
             "type": "ldap",
             "ldap": {
                   "baseURL": "ldap://ldap.uq.edu.au:389",
                   "baseDN": "ou=people,o=The University of Queensland,c=AU",
                   "idAttribute": "uid",
                   "filterPrefix": "uniquemember=",
                   "filterSuffix": ",ou=people,dc=adelaide,dc=edu,dc=au",
                   "ldapRoleAttribute": "cn",
                   "ldapRoleMap": [
                         {
                               "ldapRoleAttrValue": "TFREG"
                               "roles": ["registered"]
                         },
                         {
                               "ldapRoleAttrValue": "TFADM"
                               "roles": ["admin"]
                         }
                   ]
               }
         }
    

Wiki Link

None

Author:

Greg Pendlebury and, Richard Hammond and, Andrew Brazzatti and, Mike Jones

Constructor Summary

LDAPRoles()

Method Summary

void	createRole(String rolename) Create a role.
void	deleteRole(String rolename) Delete a role.
String	getId()
String	getName()
com.googlecode.fascinator.api.PluginDescription	getPluginDetails() Gets a PluginDescription object relating to this plugin.
String[]	getRoles(String username) Find and return all roles this user has.
String[]	getUsersInRole(String role) Returns a list of users who have a particular role.
void	init(File jsonFile)
void	init(String jsonString)
void	removeRole(String username, String oldrole) Remove a role from a user.
void	renameRole(String oldrole, String newrole) Rename a role.
String[]	searchRoles(String search) Returns a list of roles matching the search.
void	setConfig(com.googlecode.fascinator.common.JsonSimpleConfig config)
void	setRole(String username, String newrole) Assign a role to a user.
void	shutdown()
boolean	supportsRoleManagement() Method for testing if the implementing plugin allows the creation, deletion and modification of roles.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LDAPRoles

public LDAPRoles()

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Specified by:

getId in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

getPluginDetails

public com.googlecode.fascinator.api.PluginDescription getPluginDetails()

Gets a PluginDescription object relating to this plugin.

Specified by:

getPluginDetails in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

Returns:

a PluginDescription

init

public void init(String jsonString)
          throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Specified by:

init in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

init

public void init(File jsonFile)
          throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Specified by:

init in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

setConfig

public void setConfig(com.googlecode.fascinator.common.JsonSimpleConfig config)
               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

shutdown

public void shutdown()
              throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Specified by:

shutdown in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.Plugin

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

getRoles

public String[] getRoles(String username)

Find and return all roles this user has.

Specified by:

getRoles in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

username - The username of the user.

Returns:

An array of role names (String).

getUsersInRole

public String[] getUsersInRole(String role)

Returns a list of users who have a particular role.

Specified by:

getUsersInRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

role - The role to search for.

Returns:

An array of usernames (String) that have that role.

supportsRoleManagement

public boolean supportsRoleManagement()

Method for testing if the implementing plugin allows the creation, deletion and modification of roles.

Specified by:

supportsRoleManagement in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Returns:

true/false reponse.

setRole

public void setRole(String username,
                    String newrole)
             throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Assign a role to a user.

Specified by:

setRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

username - The username of the user.

newrole - The new role to assign the user.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error during assignment.

removeRole

public void removeRole(String username,
                       String oldrole)
                throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Remove a role from a user.

Specified by:

removeRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

username - The username of the user.

oldrole - The role to remove from the user.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error during removal.

createRole

public void createRole(String rolename)
                throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Create a role.

Specified by:

createRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

rolename - The name of the new role.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error creating the role.

deleteRole

public void deleteRole(String rolename)
                throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Delete a role.

Specified by:

deleteRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

rolename - The name of the role to delete.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error during deletion.

renameRole

public void renameRole(String oldrole,
                       String newrole)
                throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Rename a role.

Specified by:

renameRole in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

oldrole - The name role currently has.

newrole - The name role is changing to.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error during rename.

searchRoles

public String[] searchRoles(String search)
                     throws com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException

Returns a list of roles matching the search.

Specified by:

searchRoles in interface com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.Roles

Parameters:

search - The search string to execute.

Returns:

An array of role names that match the search.

Throws:

com.googlecode.fascinator.api.roles.RolesException - if there was an error searching.