com.infodesire.infobit.data
Interface Acl

public interface Acl

ACL is access control list for various infobits. Treat is as "security domain". several infobits will share same security domain. ACL lists several "capabilities" and binds them to certain user "roles". Normally users have nothing to do with ACL. Acl can not be manipulated directly - this shall be done AclManager instance

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

konstantin

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() acl decription
java.util.Collection	getInfobits() collection of infobits under control of this acl.
java.lang.String	getName() unique name of given ACL.
java.util.Set	getRoles(Capability capability) defined roles for given capability.
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description) Sets the Description attribute of the Acl object

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

unique name of given ACL. name shall not change after creation.

Returns:

name

getInfobits

public java.util.Collection getInfobits()

collection of infobits under control of this acl. do not dare to modify this collection.

Returns:

The Infobits value

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

acl decription

Returns:

human readable description

getRoles

public java.util.Set getRoles(Capability capability)

defined roles for given capability. those roles are explicit - if no capability with this name is defined, nobody is allowed

Parameters:

capability - Description of Parameter

Returns:

role set

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)

Sets the Description attribute of the Acl object

Parameters:

description - The new Description value