org.apache.jetspeed.security
Interface AuthorizationProvider

public interface AuthorizationProvider

Configures the policies. Instantiates the SecurityPolicies with the security policies that need to be enforced. It will add the default policy already configured as well as the engine policies used to enforce permission checks.

Author:

David Le Strat

Method Summary

java.util.List	getPolicies() The list of configured policies.
void	useDefaultPolicy(boolean whetherToUseDefaultPolicy) Whether to use the default policy or not in addition to the Policies configured for the AuthorizationProvider.

Method Detail

getPolicies

java.util.List getPolicies()

The list of configured policies.

Returns:

The list of policies.

useDefaultPolicy

void useDefaultPolicy(boolean whetherToUseDefaultPolicy)

Whether to use the default policy or not in addition to the Policies configured for the AuthorizationProvider.

Parameters:

whetherToUseDefaultPolicy - Boolean false: does not use the default policy, true: does.