org.gvsig.tools.identitymanagement

Interface SimpleIdentity

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSimpleIdentity, DumbIdentity

public interface SimpleIdentity

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	READ_AUTHORIZATION
static String	WRITE_AUTHORIZATION

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canRead(Object resource, String resourceName) Checks if the identity has read access on the indicated resource.
boolean	canWrite(Object resource, String resourceName) Checks if the identity has read access on the indicated resource.
String	getAttribute(String name)
List	getAttributeNames()
String	getFullName()
String	getID() Return the identifier of this user
String	getName()
boolean	isAuthorized(String actionName) Checks is the identity is authorized to perform the action.
boolean	isAuthorized(String actionName, Object resource, String resourceName) Checks is the identity is authorized to perform the action on the indicated resource.

Field Detail

READ_AUTHORIZATION

static final String READ_AUTHORIZATION

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Constant Field Values

WRITE_AUTHORIZATION

static final String WRITE_AUTHORIZATION

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getID

String getID()

Return the identifier of this user

Returns:

the id of the user

getName

String getName()

getFullName

String getFullName()

getAttributeNames

List getAttributeNames()

getAttribute

String getAttribute(String name)

isAuthorized

boolean isAuthorized(String actionName)

Checks is the identity is authorized to perform the action. If the identity is authorized to execute the accion return true, otherwise false. "actionName", can be a single name or a list of coma separated names. If actionName is a list of actions, fails when not authorized to one of the actions.

Parameters:

actionName -

Returns:

true if the identity is authorized

isAuthorized

boolean isAuthorized(String actionName,
                   Object resource,
                   String resourceName)

Checks is the identity is authorized to perform the action on the indicated resource. If the identity is authorized to execute the accion return true, otherwise false. "actionName", can be a single name or a list of coma sepaated names.

Parameters:

actionName -

resource -

resourceName -

Returns:

true if the identity is authorized

canRead

boolean canRead(Object resource,
              String resourceName)

Checks if the identity has read access on the indicated resource. This method is a utility method for: {@link #isAuthorized(READ_AUTHORIZATION, resource, resourceName)

Parameters:

resource -

resourceName -

Returns:

true if the identity has read access

canWrite

boolean canWrite(Object resource,
               String resourceName)

Checks if the identity has read access on the indicated resource. This method is a utility method for: {@link #isAuthorized(WRITE_AUTHORIZATION, resource, resourceName)

Parameters:

resource -

resourceName -

Returns:

true if the identity has write access