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org.apache.lenya.ac.impl
Interface InheritingPolicyManager

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component, PolicyManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentPolicyManagerWrapper, FilePolicyManager

public interface InheritingPolicyManager
extends PolicyManager

Policy manager which inherits credentials in a policy tree.

Version:

$Id: InheritingPolicyManager.java 473841 2006-11-12 00:46:38Z gregor $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.PolicyManager

ROLE

Method Summary

DefaultPolicy	buildSubtreePolicy(AccreditableManager controller, java.lang.String url) Builds a subtree policy from a file.
DefaultPolicy	buildURLPolicy(AccreditableManager controller, java.lang.String url) Builds the URL policy for a URL from a file.
DefaultPolicy[]	getPolicies(AccreditableManager controller, java.lang.String url) Returns the existing policies for all URL steps, beginning with the root policy.
void	saveSubtreePolicy(java.lang.String url, DefaultPolicy policy) Saves a Subtree policy.
void	saveURLPolicy(java.lang.String url, DefaultPolicy policy) Saves a URL policy.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lenya.ac.PolicyManager

accreditableAdded, accreditableRemoved, getPolicy

Method Detail

buildURLPolicy

DefaultPolicy buildURLPolicy(AccreditableManager controller,
                             java.lang.String url)
                             throws AccessControlException

Builds the URL policy for a URL from a file. When the file is not present, an empty policy is returned.

Parameters:

controller - The access controller to use.

url - The URL inside the web application.

Returns:

A policy.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

buildSubtreePolicy

DefaultPolicy buildSubtreePolicy(AccreditableManager controller,
                                 java.lang.String url)
                                 throws AccessControlException

Builds a subtree policy from a file. When the file is not present, an empty policy is returned.

Parameters:

controller - The access controller to use.

url - The URL inside the web application.

Returns:

A policy.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

getPolicies

DefaultPolicy[] getPolicies(AccreditableManager controller,
                            java.lang.String url)
                            throws AccessControlException

Returns the existing policies for all URL steps, beginning with the root policy.

Parameters:

controller - The accreditable manager to use.

url - The URL inside the web application.

Returns:

An array of policies.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

saveURLPolicy

void saveURLPolicy(java.lang.String url,
                   DefaultPolicy policy)
                   throws AccessControlException

Saves a URL policy.

Parameters:

url - The URL to save the policy for.

policy - The policy to save.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

saveSubtreePolicy

void saveSubtreePolicy(java.lang.String url,
                       DefaultPolicy policy)
                       throws AccessControlException

Saves a Subtree policy.

Parameters:

url - The url to save the policy for.

policy - The policy to save.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.