org.jboss.portal.security.jacc
Interface SecurityProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

JBossSecurityProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

JBossSecurityProviderImpl

public interface SecurityProvider

General security provider interface to access the policy configuration and the policy that goes with it.

Method Summary

java.security.Policy	getPolicy() Get the active security policy that allows security checks
javax.security.jacc.PolicyConfiguration	getPolicyConfiguration(java.lang.String contextID, boolean remove) Get the policy configuration interface that allows to configure the policy
boolean	inService(java.lang.String policyContextID) Test if the provided context id has an active policy configuration.

Method Detail

inService

public boolean inService(java.lang.String policyContextID)
                  throws javax.security.jacc.PolicyContextException

Test if the provided context id has an active policy configuration.

Parameters:

policyContextID - the identifier of the policy context to test

Returns:

true if there is a policy context for the provided id

Throws:

javax.security.jacc.PolicyContextException

getPolicyConfiguration

public javax.security.jacc.PolicyConfiguration getPolicyConfiguration(java.lang.String contextID,
                                                                      boolean remove)
                                                               throws javax.security.jacc.PolicyContextException

Get the policy configuration interface that allows to configure the policy

Parameters:

contextID - the policy context identifier

remove - true, if the policy configuration should be removed from the policy

Returns:

a policy configuration for the provided context id

Throws:

javax.security.jacc.PolicyContextException

getPolicy

public java.security.Policy getPolicy()

Get the active security policy that allows security checks

Returns:

the active security policy