org.opencastproject.security.api

Class AccessControlList

java.lang.Object

org.opencastproject.security.api.AccessControlList

public final class AccessControlList
extends Object

A list of AccessControlEntrys.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AccessControlList() No-arg constructor needed by JAXB
AccessControlList(AccessControlEntry... entries)
AccessControlList(List<AccessControlEntry> entries)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<AccessControlEntry>	getEntries()
AccessControlList	merge(AccessControlList acl) Merge this access control list with another one based on roles specified within.
AccessControlList	mergeActions(AccessControlList acl) Merge this access control list with another one based on actions specified within.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AccessControlList

public AccessControlList()

No-arg constructor needed by JAXB

AccessControlList

public AccessControlList(AccessControlEntry... entries)

AccessControlList

public AccessControlList(List<AccessControlEntry> entries)

Method Detail

getEntries

public List<AccessControlEntry> getEntries()

Returns:

the entries

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

merge

public AccessControlList merge(AccessControlList acl)

Merge this access control list with another one based on roles specified within. In case both lists specify rules for a specific role, the set of rules from the access control list passed as argument to this method will take precedence over the internal set of rules. Example:

          ROLE_USER1   ROLE_USER2   ROLE_USER3
          read  write  read  write  read  write
 this     ok    ok     ok    ok
 argument              ok           ok
 result   ok    ok     ok           ok
 

Parameters:

acl - Access control list to merge with

Returns:

Merged access control list

mergeActions

public AccessControlList mergeActions(AccessControlList acl)

Merge this access control list with another one based on actions specified within. In case both lists specify rules for a specific action, the rules from the access control list passed as argument to this method will take precedence over the internal rules. Example:

          ROLE_USER1   ROLE_USER2   ROLE_USER3
          read  write  read  write  read  write
 this     ok    ok     ok    ok
 argument              ok           ok
 result   ok    ok     ok    ok     ok
 

Parameters:

acl - Access control list to merge with

Returns:

Merged access control list