org.fcrepo.server.security.xacml.pdp
Interface MelcoePDP

All Known Implementing Classes:

MelcoePDPImpl

public interface MelcoePDP

The interface for the MelcoePDP. The PDP simply evaluates requests and returns responses.

Author:

nishen@melcoe.mq.edu.au

Field Summary

static File

PDP_HOME

Method Summary

String	evaluate(String request) This method evaluates an XACML request and returns an XACML response.
String	evaluateBatch(String[] requests) A convenience function designed for reducing the number of WS calls made.

Field Detail

PDP_HOME

static final File PDP_HOME

Method Detail

evaluate

String evaluate(String request)
                throws EvaluationException

This method evaluates an XACML request and returns an XACML response.

Parameters:

request - the XACML request

Returns:

the XACML response

Throws:

EvaluationException

evaluateBatch

String evaluateBatch(String[] requests)
                     throws EvaluationException

A convenience function designed for reducing the number of WS calls made. This function takes an array of requests and evaluates them and returns a single response that contains all the resource id's and results.

Parameters:

requests - the String array of XACML requests

Returns:

the XACML response

Throws:

EvaluationException