org.mapfish.print.config.access

Interface AccessAssertion

All Superinterfaces:

ConfigurationObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlwaysAllowAssertion, AndAccessAssertion, RoleAccessAssertion

public interface AccessAssertion
extends ConfigurationObject

An access assertion is a check that the current user has particular access/properties to allow access to a particular resource like a template or completed report.

All implementations must be serializable.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	assertAccess(java.lang.String resourceDescription, java.lang.Object protectedResource) Checks that the user can access the resource.
org.json.JSONObject	marshal() Encode the assertion as JSON for later loading.
void	unmarshal(org.json.JSONObject encodedAssertion) Load the assertion properties from the JSON data.

Methods inherited from interface org.mapfish.print.config.ConfigurationObject

validate

Method Detail

assertAccess

void assertAccess(java.lang.String resourceDescription,
                java.lang.Object protectedResource)

Checks that the user can access the resource.

Will throw AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException if the user has not logged in or supplied credentials.

Will throw AccessDeniedException if the user is logged in but may not access the resource.

Parameters:

resourceDescription - a string describing the resource for logging and exception throwing purposes

protectedResource - the resource being protected.

marshal

org.json.JSONObject marshal()

Encode the assertion as JSON for later loading. Each call should return a unique JSON object.

unmarshal

void unmarshal(org.json.JSONObject encodedAssertion)

Load the assertion properties from the JSON data.

Parameters:

encodedAssertion - the assertion encoded as JSON.