org.wamblee.security.authorization
Interface AuthorizationService

All Superinterfaces:

Persistent

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAuthorizationService, PersistentAuthorizationService

public interface AuthorizationService
extends Persistent

Service to determine if access to a certain resource is allowed.

Author:

Erik Brakkee

Method Summary

void	appendRule(AuthorizationRule aRule) Appends a new authorization rule to the end.
<T> T	check(T aResource, Operation aOperation) Same as isAllowed(Object, Operation) but throws a RuntimeException in case access is not allowed.
AuthorizationRule[]	getRules() Gets the authorization rules.
void	insertRuleAfter(int aIndex, AuthorizationRule aRule) Inserts a rule.
boolean	isAllowed(java.lang.Object aResource, Operation aOperation) Checks whether an operation is allowed on a resource.
void	removeRule(int aIndex) Removes a rule.

Methods inherited from interface org.wamblee.persistence.Persistent

getPersistedVersion, getPrimaryKey, setPersistedVersion, setPrimaryKey

Method Detail

isAllowed

boolean isAllowed(java.lang.Object aResource,
                  Operation aOperation)

Checks whether an operation is allowed on a resource.

Parameters:

aResource - Resource.

aOperation - Operation.

Returns:

Checks whether the operation is allowed on a resource.

check

<T> T check(T aResource,
            Operation aOperation)

Same as isAllowed(Object, Operation) but throws a RuntimeException in case access is not allowed.

Parameters:

aResource - Resource to check.

aOperation - Operation to perform.

Returns:

Resource that was checked.

getRules

AuthorizationRule[] getRules()

Gets the authorization rules.

Returns:

Rules.

appendRule

void appendRule(AuthorizationRule aRule)

Appends a new authorization rule to the end.

Parameters:

aRule - Rule to append.

removeRule

void removeRule(int aIndex)

Removes a rule.

Parameters:

aRule - Index of the rule to remove.

insertRuleAfter

void insertRuleAfter(int aIndex,
                     AuthorizationRule aRule)

Inserts a rule.

Parameters:

aIndex - Index of the position of the rule after insertion.

aRule - Rule to insert.