com.netscape.certsrv.authorization

Interface IAuthzSubsystem

All Superinterfaces:

ISubsystem

public interface IAuthzSubsystem
extends ISubsystem

An interface that represents an authorization component

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ID Constant for auths.
static java.lang.String	PROP_CLASS Constant for class.
static java.lang.String	PROP_IMPL Constant for impl
static java.lang.String	PROP_INSTANCE Constant for instance.
static java.lang.String	PROP_PLUGIN Constant for pluginName.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(java.lang.String name, IAuthzManager authzMgr) Adds (registers) the given authorization manager.
AuthzToken	authorize(java.lang.String authzMgrName, IAuthToken authToken, java.lang.String exp)
AuthzToken	authorize(java.lang.String authzMgrName, IAuthToken authToken, java.lang.String resource, java.lang.String operation) authorize the user associated with the given authToken for a given operation with the given authorization manager name
void	authzMgrAccessInit(java.lang.String authzMgrName, java.lang.String accessInfo) Initialize authz info - usually used for BasicAclAuthz
void	delete(java.lang.String name) Deletes (deregisters) the given authorization manager.
IAuthzManager	get(java.lang.String name) Get an authorization manager interface for the given name.
IAuthzManager	getAuthzManager(java.lang.String name) Gets the Authorization manager instance of the specified name.
IAuthzManager	getAuthzManagerPlugin(java.lang.String name) Gets a single authorization manager plugin implementation
java.util.Enumeration<AuthzMgrPlugin>	getAuthzManagerPlugins() Gets an enumeration of authorization manager plugins.
java.util.Enumeration<IAuthzManager>	getAuthzManagers() Gets an enumeration of authorization managers registered to the authorization component.
java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,AuthzManagerProxy>	getInstances() Get a hashtable containing all authentication instances.
java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,AuthzMgrPlugin>	getPlugins() Get a hashtable containing all authentication plugins.
void	log(int level, java.lang.String msg) Log error message.

Methods inherited from interface com.netscape.certsrv.base.ISubsystem

getConfigStore, getId, init, setId, shutdown, startup

Field Detail

ID

static final java.lang.String ID

Constant for auths.

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PROP_CLASS

static final java.lang.String PROP_CLASS

Constant for class.

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PROP_IMPL

static final java.lang.String PROP_IMPL

Constant for impl

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PROP_PLUGIN

static final java.lang.String PROP_PLUGIN

Constant for pluginName.

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PROP_INSTANCE

static final java.lang.String PROP_INSTANCE

Constant for instance.

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Method Detail

authorize

AuthzToken authorize(java.lang.String authzMgrName,
                     IAuthToken authToken,
                     java.lang.String resource,
                     java.lang.String operation)
              throws EBaseException

authorize the user associated with the given authToken for a given operation with the given authorization manager name

Parameters:

authzMgrName - The authorization manager name

authToken - the authenticaton token associated with a user

resource - the resource protected by the authorization system

operation - the operation for resource protected by the authorization system

Returns:

a authorization token.

Throws:

EBaseException - If an error occurs during authorization.

authorize

AuthzToken authorize(java.lang.String authzMgrName,
                     IAuthToken authToken,
                     java.lang.String exp)
              throws EBaseException

Throws:

EBaseException

add

void add(java.lang.String name,
         IAuthzManager authzMgr)

Adds (registers) the given authorization manager.

Parameters:

name - The authorization manager name

authzMgr - The authorization manager instance.

delete

void delete(java.lang.String name)

Deletes (deregisters) the given authorization manager.

Parameters:

name - The authorization manager name to delete.

getAuthzManager

IAuthzManager getAuthzManager(java.lang.String name)
                       throws EBaseException

Gets the Authorization manager instance of the specified name.

Parameters:

name - The authorization manager's name.

Returns:

an authorization manager interface

Throws:

EBaseException

getAuthzManagers

java.util.Enumeration<IAuthzManager> getAuthzManagers()

Gets an enumeration of authorization managers registered to the authorization component.

Returns:

a list of authorization managers

authzMgrAccessInit

void authzMgrAccessInit(java.lang.String authzMgrName,
                        java.lang.String accessInfo)
                 throws EBaseException

Initialize authz info - usually used for BasicAclAuthz

Parameters:

authzMgrName - name of the authorization manager

accessInfo - string representation of the ACL

Throws:

EBaseException - if authorization manager is not found

getAuthzManagerPlugins

java.util.Enumeration<AuthzMgrPlugin> getAuthzManagerPlugins()

Gets an enumeration of authorization manager plugins.

Returns:

list of authorization manager plugins

getAuthzManagerPlugin

IAuthzManager getAuthzManagerPlugin(java.lang.String name)

Gets a single authorization manager plugin implementation

Parameters:

name - given authorization plugin name

Returns:

authorization manager plugin

log

void log(int level,
         java.lang.String msg)

Log error message.

Parameters:

level - log level

msg - error message

getPlugins

java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,AuthzMgrPlugin> getPlugins()

Get a hashtable containing all authentication plugins.

Returns:

all authentication plugins.

getInstances

java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.String,AuthzManagerProxy> getInstances()

Get a hashtable containing all authentication instances.

Returns:

all authentication instances.

get

IAuthzManager get(java.lang.String name)

Get an authorization manager interface for the given name.

Parameters:

name - given authorization manager name.

Returns:

an authorization manager interface