eu.geclipse.core.accesscontrol
Interface IACLPolicy

public interface IACLPolicy

A policy to be used in the ACL entries.

The supported policies are determined by the implementation. The simplest case would have the allow policy only. Other examples would have allow and deny policies, for instance. The implementation determines how different policies are prioritized and evaluated.

The recommended implementation is an enum containing all the policies allowed by the middleware.

Also known as 'effect' in the XACML standard.

Field Summary

static short	TYPE_ALLOW Flag for a policy which essentially allows the actor access on the resource
static short	TYPE_DENY Flag for a policy which essentially denies the actor access on the resource
static short	TYPE_OTHER Flag for a policy whose effect is not so directly 'allow' or 'deny'

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns a description of this policy, for instance to be used in tool-tips.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this policy, for instance "Allow".
short	getType() Returns the policy type, to be used for sorting and grouping similar rules.

Field Detail

TYPE_ALLOW

static final short TYPE_ALLOW

Flag for a policy which essentially allows the actor access on the resource

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_DENY

static final short TYPE_DENY

Flag for a policy which essentially denies the actor access on the resource

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_OTHER

static final short TYPE_OTHER

Flag for a policy whose effect is not so directly 'allow' or 'deny'

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this policy, for instance "Allow".

Returns:

a user friendly string. Must be non empty.

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns a description of this policy, for instance to be used in tool-tips.

Returns:

a user friendly string explaining the policy.

getType

short getType()

Returns the policy type, to be used for sorting and grouping similar rules.

Returns:

a flag, one of IACLPolicy.TYPE_ALLOW, IACLPolicy.TYPE_DENY, IACLPolicy.TYPE_OTHER.