Package org.jboss.security.authorization

Interface PolicyRegistration

All Known Implementing Classes:

JBossPolicyRegistration

public interface PolicyRegistration

Interface to register policies

Since:

Jun 18, 2006

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil Saldhana

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	CUSTOM	Represents a Custom policy
static String	JACC	Represents a JACC policy
static String	XACML	Represents an xacml policy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	deRegisterPolicy(String contextID, String type)	Unregister a policy
<T> T	getPolicy(String contextID, String type, Map<String,Object> contextMap)	Obtain the registered policy for the context id
void	registerPolicy(String contextID, String type, InputStream stream)	Register a policy given a xml based stream and a context id
void	registerPolicy(String contextID, String type, URL location)	Register a policy given the location and a context id
<P> void	registerPolicyConfig(String contextId, String type, P policyConfig)	Register a Policy Config model such as a JAXB model
void	registerPolicyConfigFile(String contextId, String type, InputStream stream)	Register a policy config file (that lists locations of policies)

Field Detail

XACML

static final String XACML

Represents an xacml policy

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Constant Field Values

JACC

static final String JACC

Represents a JACC policy

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Constant Field Values

CUSTOM

static final String CUSTOM

Represents a Custom policy

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

registerPolicy

void registerPolicy(String contextID,
                    String type,
                    URL location)

Register a policy given the location and a context id

Parameters:

contextID - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

location - location of the Policy File

registerPolicy

void registerPolicy(String contextID,
                    String type,
                    InputStream stream)

Register a policy given a xml based stream and a context id

Parameters:

contextID - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

stream - InputStream that is an XML stream

registerPolicyConfigFile

void registerPolicyConfigFile(String contextId,
                              String type,
                              InputStream stream)

Register a policy config file (that lists locations of policies)

Parameters:

contextId - an unique id representing the context

type - type of policy

stream - xml stream

registerPolicyConfig

<P> void registerPolicyConfig(String contextId,
                              String type,
                              P policyConfig)

Register a Policy Config model such as a JAXB model

Type Parameters:

P - Policy Config model

Parameters:

contextId -

type -

policyConfig -

deRegisterPolicy

void deRegisterPolicy(String contextID,
                      String type)

Unregister a policy

Parameters:

contextID - Context ID

type - the type of policy

getPolicy

<T> T getPolicy(String contextID,
                String type,
                Map<String,Object> contextMap)

Obtain the registered policy for the context id

Parameters:

contextID - Context ID

type - the type of policy (xacml, jacc, custom etc)

contextMap - A map that can be used by the implementation to determine the policy choice (typically null)