org.jboss.dashboard.security
Interface Policy

All Superinterfaces:

Persistent, Serializable

public interface Policy
extends Serializable, Persistent

Policy interface is a permissions manager and is used to grant permissions to subjects.

Method Summary

void	addPermission(Permission perm)
void	addPermission(Principal p, Permission perm)
Permission	getPermission(Principal prpal, Class permClass, String permName) Retrieve a permission.
Map	getPermissions(Object resource, Class permClass) Retrieve permissions assigned to the specified resource.
PermissionCollection	getPermissions(Principal prpal)
PermissionCollection	getPermissions(Subject user)
void	removePermission(Permission perm) Removes a permission attached to any principal.
void	removePermission(Principal p, Permission perm) Removes a permission granted to the specified principal.
void	removePermissions(Object resource)
void	removePermissions(Principal p, String resourceName) Removes all permission over a resource granted to a specified principal.
void	removePermissions(String resourceName) Removes all permission over a resource granted to any principal.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.dashboard.database.Persistent

delete, isPersistent, save, update

Method Detail

addPermission

void addPermission(Permission perm)

addPermission

void addPermission(Principal p,
                   Permission perm)

removePermissions

void removePermissions(Object resource)
                       throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

getPermissions

PermissionCollection getPermissions(Subject user)

getPermissions

PermissionCollection getPermissions(Principal prpal)

removePermission

void removePermission(Permission perm)

Removes a permission attached to any principal.

removePermission

void removePermission(Principal p,
                      Permission perm)

Removes a permission granted to the specified principal.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This policy implementation is based on java.security.PermissionCollection class. Due to the fact that PermissionCollection doesn't offer any method for remove added permissions, our removePermission implementation regenerates the full structure of permissions attached to the principal for all permissions but those 'implied' by the permission to be removed.

removePermissions

void removePermissions(String resourceName)

Removes all permission over a resource granted to any principal.

removePermissions

void removePermissions(Principal p,
                       String resourceName)

Removes all permission over a resource granted to a specified principal.

getPermissions

Map getPermissions(Object resource,
                   Class permClass)
                   throws Exception

Retrieve permissions assigned to the specified resource.

Parameters:

resource - The resource.

permClass - The permission class.

Returns:

A map containing the principal and the permission assigned to the resource for that principal.

Throws:

Exception

getPermission

Permission getPermission(Principal prpal,
                         Class permClass,
                         String permName)

Retrieve a permission.

Parameters:

prpal - The Principal for which the permission must be assigned.

permClass - The class type of the permission.

permName - The name of the permission.

Returns: