AuthorizationFeatureService (DSpace Server Webapp 7.2.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthorizationFeatureServiceImpl
```
public interface AuthorizationFeatureService
```
This service provides access to the Authorization Features and check if the feature is allowed or not in a specific context and object.

Author:

Andrea Bollini (andrea.bollini at 4science.it)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AuthorizationFeature`	`find(String name)`	Get the authorization feature by its unique name
`List<AuthorizationFeature>`	`findAll()`	Get all the authorization features defined in the system
`List<AuthorizationFeature>`	`findByResourceType(String categoryDotModel)`	Return all the feature that apply to the rest resources identified by the uniqueType string category.model
`boolean`	`isAuthorized(Context context, AuthorizationFeature feature, BaseObjectRest object)`	Check if the eperson in the provided context, or the anonymous user if not loggedin, has access to the requested feature for the requested object

- Method Detail
  - isAuthorized
```
boolean isAuthorized(Context context,
                     AuthorizationFeature feature,
                     BaseObjectRest object)
              throws SQLException
```
    Check if the eperson in the provided context, or the anonymous user if not loggedin, has access to the requested feature for the requested object
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - the DSpace Context
    
    feature - the Authorization Feature to check
    
    object - the object target by the feature. Passing a null object always return false. To check repository wide feature pass the SiteRest object
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the user associated with the context has access to the feature
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - findAll
```
List<AuthorizationFeature> findAll()
```
    Get all the authorization features defined in the system
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of all the authorization features
  - find
```
AuthorizationFeature find(String name)
```
    Get the authorization feature by its unique name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the authorization feature unique name
    
    Returns:
    
    the authorization feature if any
  - findByResourceType
```
List<AuthorizationFeature> findByResourceType(String categoryDotModel)
```
    Return all the feature that apply to the rest resources identified by the uniqueType string category.model
    
    Parameters:
    
    categoryDotModel -
    
    Returns: