org.osgl.aaa

Interface Role

All Superinterfaces:

AAAObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleRole

public interface Role
extends AAAObject

Role can be used to organize a list of permissions into a group. A AuthorizationService can associate a role instead of permission to a pricipal account

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Role.F

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Permission>	getPermissions() Returns a list of permissions associated with this role.
boolean	hasPermission(Permission permission) Check if the role contains a permission.

Methods inherited from interface org.osgl.aaa.AAAObject

equals, getName, getProperty, hashCode, propertyKeys, setProperty, toString, unsetProperty

Method Detail

getPermissions

List<Permission> getPermissions()

Returns a list of permissions associated with this role.

Note the result of the method shall comply to the result of AuthorizationService.getPermissions(Role, AAAContext) It is up to the implementation to decide the dependency relationship between the two

Returns:

the permission list

hasPermission

boolean hasPermission(Permission permission)

Check if the role contains a permission. Calling this method shall be equals to calling getPermissions().contains(permission)

Parameters:

permission - permission

Returns:

true if the role has the permission or false otherwise