org.jboss.security.authorization
Interface PolicyRegistration

public interface PolicyRegistration

Interface to register policies

Since:

Jun 18, 2006

Version:

$Revision: 71491 $

Author:

Anil Saldhana

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ACL Represents a ACL policy
static java.lang.String	CUSTOM Represents a Custom policy
static java.lang.String	JACC Represents a JACC policy
static java.lang.String	XACML Represents an xacml policy

Method Summary

void	deRegisterPolicy(java.lang.String contextID, java.lang.String type) Unregister a policy
<T> T	getPolicy(java.lang.String contextID, java.lang.String type, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contextMap) Obtain the registered policy for the context id
void	registerPolicy(java.lang.String contextID, java.lang.String type, java.io.InputStream stream) Register a policy given a xml based stream and a context id
void	registerPolicy(java.lang.String contextID, java.lang.String type, java.net.URL location) Register a policy given the location and a context id
void	registerPolicyConfigFile(java.lang.String contextId, java.lang.String type, java.io.InputStream stream) Register a policy config file (that lists locations of policies)

Field Detail

XACML

static final java.lang.String XACML

Represents an xacml policy

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JACC

static final java.lang.String JACC

Represents a JACC policy

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ACL

static final java.lang.String ACL

Represents a ACL policy

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CUSTOM

static final java.lang.String CUSTOM

Represents a Custom policy

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Method Detail

registerPolicy

void registerPolicy(java.lang.String contextID,
                    java.lang.String type,
                    java.net.URL location)

Register a policy given the location and a context id

Parameters:

contextID - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

location - location of the Policy File

registerPolicy

void registerPolicy(java.lang.String contextID,
                    java.lang.String type,
                    java.io.InputStream stream)

Register a policy given a xml based stream and a context id

Parameters:

contextID - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

stream - InputStream that is an XML stream

registerPolicyConfigFile

void registerPolicyConfigFile(java.lang.String contextId,
                              java.lang.String type,
                              java.io.InputStream stream)

Register a policy config file (that lists locations of policies)

Parameters:

contextId - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

stream - xml stream

deRegisterPolicy

void deRegisterPolicy(java.lang.String contextID,
                      java.lang.String type)

Unregister a policy

Parameters:

contextID - Context ID

type - the type of policy

getPolicy

<T> T getPolicy(java.lang.String contextID,
                java.lang.String type,
                java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> contextMap)

Obtain the registered policy for the context id

Parameters:

contextID - Context ID

type - the type of policy (xacml, jacc, custom etc)

contextMap - A map that can be used by the implementation to determine the policy choice (typically null)