com.netscape.certsrv.acls

Interface IACL

All Known Implementing Classes:

ACL

public interface IACL

A class represents an access control list (ACL). An ACL is associated with a protected resource. The policy enforcer can verify the ACLs with the current context to see if the corresponding resource is accessible.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkRight(java.lang.String permission) Verifies if permission is granted.
java.util.Enumeration<ACLEntry>	entries() Returns a list of entries of the current ACL.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the description of the current ACL.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the current ACL.
java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>	rights() Returns a list of access rights of the current ACL.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the current ACL.

Returns:

the name of the current ACL.

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the description of the current ACL.

Returns:

the description of the current ACL.

rights

java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> rights()

Returns a list of access rights of the current ACL.

Returns:

a list of access rights

entries

java.util.Enumeration<ACLEntry> entries()

Returns a list of entries of the current ACL.

Returns:

a list of entries

checkRight

boolean checkRight(java.lang.String permission)

Verifies if permission is granted.

Parameters:

permission - one of the applicable rights

Returns:

true if the given permission is one of the applicable rights; false otherwise.