org.modeshape.jcr.security

Interface AuthorizationProvider

public interface AuthorizationProvider

An interface that can authorize access to specific resources within repositories.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	hasPermission(ExecutionContext context, String repositoryName, String repositorySourceName, String workspaceName, Path absPath, String... actions) Determine if the supplied execution context has permission for all of the named actions in the named workspace.

Method Detail

hasPermission

boolean hasPermission(ExecutionContext context,
                      String repositoryName,
                      String repositorySourceName,
                      String workspaceName,
                      Path absPath,
                      String... actions)

Determine if the supplied execution context has permission for all of the named actions in the named workspace. If not all actions are allowed, the method returns false.

Parameters:

context - the context in which the subject is performing the actions on the supplied workspace

repositoryName - the name of the repository containing the workspace content

repositorySourceName - This is no longer used and will always be the same as the repositoryName

workspaceName - the name of the workspace in which the path exists

absPath - the absolute path on which the actions are occurring, or null if the permissions are at the workspace-level

actions - the list of actions to check

Returns:

true if the subject has privilege to perform all of the named actions on the content at the supplied path in the given workspace within the repository, or false otherwise