Package com.sun.xml.ws.policy

Class PolicySubject

java.lang.Object

com.sun.xml.ws.policy.PolicySubject

public final class PolicySubject
extends Object

A PolicySubject is an entity (e.g., a port, operation, binding, service) with which a policy can be associated.

Author:

Fabian Ritzmann

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PolicySubject(Object subject, Policy policy)	Constructs a policy subject instance.
PolicySubject(Object subject, Collection<Policy> policies)	Constructs a policy subject instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	attach(Policy policy)	Attaches another Policy instance to the policy subject.
Policy	getEffectivePolicy(PolicyMerger merger)	Returns the effective policy of the subject, i.e.
Object	getSubject()	A unique identifier of the subject Subjects may not always be uniquely identifiable.
String	toString()	An Object.toString() method override.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PolicySubject

public PolicySubject(Object subject,
                     Policy policy)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a policy subject instance.

Parameters:

subject - object to which the policies are attached. Must not be null.

policy - first policy attached to the subject. Must not be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - in case any of the arguments is null.

PolicySubject

public PolicySubject(Object subject,
                     Collection<Policy> policies)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a policy subject instance.

Parameters:

subject - object to which the policies are attached. Must not be null.

policies - first policy attached to the subject. Must not be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - in case any of the arguments is null or in case policies argument represents empty collection.

Method Detail

attach

public void attach(Policy policy)

Attaches another Policy instance to the policy subject.

Parameters:

policy - new policy instance to be attached to this subject

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - in case policy argument is null.

getEffectivePolicy

public Policy getEffectivePolicy(PolicyMerger merger)
                          throws PolicyException

Returns the effective policy of the subject, i.e. all policies of the subject merged together.

Returns:

effective policy of the subject

Throws:

PolicyException

getSubject

public Object getSubject()

A unique identifier of the subject Subjects may not always be uniquely identifiable. Also, once the subject is assigned to a scope, its identity may not matter anymore. Therefore this may be null.

toString

public String toString()

An Object.toString() method override.

Overrides:

toString in class Object