com.netscape.certsrv.authorization

Interface IAuthzManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAclAuthz, DirAclAuthz

public interface IAuthzManager

Authorization Manager interface needs to be implemented by all authorization managers.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accessInit(java.lang.String accessInfo) accessInit is for servlets who want to initialize their own authorization information before full operation.
java.util.Enumeration	aclEvaluatorElements() Get all registered evaluators.
AuthzToken	authorize(IAuthToken authToken, java.lang.String expression)
AuthzToken	authorize(IAuthToken authToken, java.lang.String resource, java.lang.String operation) Check if the user is authorized to perform the given operation on the given resource.
java.util.Hashtable	getAccessEvaluators() Return a table of evaluators
IACL	getACL(java.lang.String target) Get individual ACL entry for the given name of entry.
java.util.Enumeration	getACLs() Get ACL entries
java.lang.String[]	getConfigParams() Get configuration parameters for this implementation.
IConfigStore	getConfigStore() Get the configuration store for this authorization manager.
java.lang.String	getImplName() Get implementation name of authorization manager plugin.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this authorization manager instance.
void	init(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String implName, IConfigStore config) Initialize this authorization manager.
void	registerEvaluator(java.lang.String type, IAccessEvaluator evaluator) Register new evaluator
void	shutdown() Prepare this authorization manager for a graceful shutdown.
void	updateACLs(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String rights, java.lang.String strACLs, java.lang.String desc) Update ACLs in the database

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this authorization manager instance.

Returns:

String the name of this authorization manager.

getImplName

java.lang.String getImplName()

Get implementation name of authorization manager plugin.

An example of an implementation name will be:

 com.netscape.cms.BasicAclAuthz
 

Returns:

The name of the authorization manager plugin.

accessInit

void accessInit(java.lang.String accessInfo)
                throws EBaseException

accessInit is for servlets who want to initialize their own authorization information before full operation. It is supposed to be called from the authzMgrAccessInit() method of the AuthzSubsystem.

The accessInfo format is determined by each individual authzmgr. For example, for BasicAclAuthz, The accessInfo is the resACLs, whose format should conform to the following:

    :right-1[,right-n]:[allow,deny](right(s))=:
 

 Example:
    resTurnKnob:left,right:allow(left) group="lefties":door knobs for lefties

Parameters:

accessInfo - the access info string in the format specified in the authorization manager

Throws:

EBaseException - error parsing the accessInfo

authorize

AuthzToken authorize(IAuthToken authToken,
                   java.lang.String resource,
                   java.lang.String operation)
                     throws EAuthzInternalError,
                            EAuthzAccessDenied

Check if the user is authorized to perform the given operation on the given resource.

Parameters:

authToken - the authToken associated with a user.

resource - - the protected resource name

operation - - the protected resource operation name

Returns:

authzToken if the user is authorized

Throws:

EAuthzInternalError - if an internal error occurred.

EAuthzAccessDenied - if access denied

authorize

AuthzToken authorize(IAuthToken authToken,
                   java.lang.String expression)
                     throws EAuthzInternalError,
                            EAuthzAccessDenied

Throws:

EAuthzInternalError

EAuthzAccessDenied

init

void init(java.lang.String name,
        java.lang.String implName,
        IConfigStore config)
          throws EBaseException

Initialize this authorization manager.

Parameters:

name - The name of this authorization manager instance.

implName - The name of the authorization manager plugin.

config - The configuration store for this authorization manager.

Throws:

EBaseException - If an initialization error occurred.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Prepare this authorization manager for a graceful shutdown. Called when the server is exiting for any cleanup needed.

getConfigParams

java.lang.String[] getConfigParams()
                                   throws EBaseException

Get configuration parameters for this implementation. The configuration parameters returned is passed to the console so configuration for instances of this implementation can be made through the console.

Returns:

a list of names for configuration parameters.

Throws:

EBaseException - If an internal error occurred

getConfigStore

IConfigStore getConfigStore()

Get the configuration store for this authorization manager.

Returns:

The configuration store of this authorization manager.

getACLs

java.util.Enumeration getACLs()

Get ACL entries

Returns:

enumeration of ACL entries.

getACL

IACL getACL(java.lang.String target)

Get individual ACL entry for the given name of entry.

Parameters:

target - The name of the ACL entry

Returns:

The ACL entry.

updateACLs

void updateACLs(java.lang.String id,
              java.lang.String rights,
              java.lang.String strACLs,
              java.lang.String desc)
                throws EACLsException

Update ACLs in the database

Parameters:

id - The name of the ACL entry (ie, resource id)

rights - The allowable rights for this resource

strACLs - The value of the ACL entry

desc - The description for this resource

Throws:

EACLsException - when update fails.

aclEvaluatorElements

java.util.Enumeration aclEvaluatorElements()

Get all registered evaluators.

Returns:

All registered evaluators.

registerEvaluator

void registerEvaluator(java.lang.String type,
                     IAccessEvaluator evaluator)

Register new evaluator

Parameters:

type - Type of evaluator

evaluator - Value of evaluator

getAccessEvaluators

java.util.Hashtable getAccessEvaluators()

Return a table of evaluators

Returns:

A table of evaluators