org.apache.marmotta.platform.security.api

Interface SecurityService

All Known Implementing Classes:

SecurityServiceImpl

public interface SecurityService

A service that provides access control and other security functionality.

Author: Sebastian Schaffert

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	grantAccess(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Check whether access is granted for the given request.
List<SecurityConstraint>	listSecurityConstraints() List all security constraints, ordered by priority.
void	loadSecurityProfile(String profile) Load a pre-configured security profile from the classpath.
void	ping() Does nothing, just ensures the security service is properly initialised.

Method Detail

grantAccess

boolean grantAccess(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Check whether access is granted for the given request. Returns true if the security system grants access. Returns false if access is denied; in this case, the caller may decide to sent an authorization request to the client.

Parameters:

request -

Returns:

true in case the active security constraints grant access, false otherwise

loadSecurityProfile

void loadSecurityProfile(String profile)

Load a pre-configured security profile from the classpath. When calling this method, the service will look for files called security-profile..properties and replace all existing security constraints by the new security constraints.

Parameters:

profile -

listSecurityConstraints

List<SecurityConstraint> listSecurityConstraints()

List all security constraints, ordered by priority.

Returns:

ping

void ping()

Does nothing, just ensures the security service is properly initialised. TODO: this is a workaround and should be fixed differently.