org.jasig.portal.security
Interface IPermissionPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyUnblockedGrantPermissionPolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy

public interface IPermissionPolicy

Defines a pluggable strategy for evaluating the permissions associated with a principal.

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $

Author:

Dan Ellentuck

See Also:

IAuthorizationService, IPermission

Method Summary

boolean

doesPrincipalHavePermission(IAuthorizationService service, IAuthorizationPrincipal principal, String owner, String activity, String target) Answers if the owner has authorized the principal to perform the activity on the target, based on permissions provided by the service.

Method Detail

doesPrincipalHavePermission

boolean doesPrincipalHavePermission(IAuthorizationService service,
                                    IAuthorizationPrincipal principal,
                                    String owner,
                                    String activity,
                                    String target)
                                    throws AuthorizationException

Answers if the owner has authorized the principal to perform the activity on the target, based on permissions provided by the service. Params service, owner and activity must be non-null.

Parameters:

service - org.jasig.portal.security.IAuthorizationService

principal - org.jasig.portal.security.IAuthorizationPrincipal

owner - java.lang.String

activity - java.lang.String

target - java.lang.String

Returns:

boolean

Throws:

AuthorizationException