org.apache.lenya.ac
Interface InheritingPolicyManager

All Superinterfaces:

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

public interface InheritingPolicyManager
extends PolicyManager

Policy manager which inherits credentials in a policy tree.

Version:

$Id: InheritingPolicyManager.java 473861 2006-11-12 03:51:14Z gregor $

Field Summary

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

ROLE

Method Summary

Policy	buildSubtreePolicy(AccreditableManager controller, java.lang.String url) Builds a subtree policy from a file.
Policy[]	getPolicies(AccreditableManager controller, java.lang.String url) Returns the existing policies for all URL steps in bottom-up order, ending with the root policy.
void	saveSubtreePolicy(java.lang.String url, Policy policy) Saves a Subtree policy.

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

accreditableAdded, accreditableRemoved, getCredentials, getGrantedRoles, getPolicy

Method Detail

buildSubtreePolicy

Policy 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

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

Returns the existing policies for all URL steps in bottom-up order, ending 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.

saveSubtreePolicy

void saveSubtreePolicy(java.lang.String url,
                       Policy 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.