com.metamatrix.dqp.service
Interface AuthorizationService

All Superinterfaces:

ApplicationService, SecurityFunctionEvaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:

PlatformAuthorizationService

public interface AuthorizationService
extends ApplicationService, SecurityFunctionEvaluator

This service provides a means to check whether a connection is authorized to access various data resources.

Field Summary

static int	ACTION_CREATE
static int	ACTION_DELETE
static int	ACTION_READ
static int	ACTION_UPDATE
static int	CONTEXT_DELETE
static int	CONTEXT_INSERT
static int	CONTEXT_PROCEDURE
static int	CONTEXT_QUERY
static int	CONTEXT_UPDATE
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_WSDL_USERNAME

Fields inherited from interface com.metamatrix.query.eval.SecurityFunctionEvaluator

ADMIN_ROLE, DATA_ROLE

Method Summary

boolean	checkingEntitlements() Determine whether entitlements checking is enabled on the server.
java.util.Collection	getInaccessibleResources(java.lang.String connectionID, int action, java.util.Collection resources, int context) Determine which of a set of resources a connection does not have permission to perform the specified action.

Methods inherited from interface com.metamatrix.common.application.ApplicationService

initialize, start, stop

Methods inherited from interface com.metamatrix.query.eval.SecurityFunctionEvaluator

hasRole

Field Detail

ACTION_READ

static final int ACTION_READ

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ACTION_CREATE

static final int ACTION_CREATE

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ACTION_UPDATE

static final int ACTION_UPDATE

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ACTION_DELETE

static final int ACTION_DELETE

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CONTEXT_QUERY

static final int CONTEXT_QUERY

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CONTEXT_INSERT

static final int CONTEXT_INSERT

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CONTEXT_UPDATE

static final int CONTEXT_UPDATE

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CONTEXT_DELETE

static final int CONTEXT_DELETE

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CONTEXT_PROCEDURE

static final int CONTEXT_PROCEDURE

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DEFAULT_WSDL_USERNAME

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_WSDL_USERNAME

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Method Detail

getInaccessibleResources

java.util.Collection getInaccessibleResources(java.lang.String connectionID,
                                              int action,
                                              java.util.Collection resources,
                                              int context)
                                              throws MetaMatrixComponentException

Determine which of a set of resources a connection does not have permission to perform the specified action.

Parameters:

connectionID - Connection ID identifying the connection (and thus the user credentials)

action - Action connection wishes to perform

resources - Resources the connection wishes to perform the action on, Collection of String

context - Auditing context

Returns:

Collection Subset of resources

Throws:

MetaMatrixComponentException - If an error occurs in the service while checking resources

checkingEntitlements

boolean checkingEntitlements()

Determine whether entitlements checking is enabled on the server.

Returns:

true iff server-side entitlements checking is enabled.