org.apache.wiki.auth
Interface Authorizer

All Known Subinterfaces:

WebAuthorizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

GroupManager, WebContainerAuthorizer

public interface Authorizer

Interface for service providers of authorization information. After a user successfully logs in, the AuthenticationManager consults the configured Authorizer to determine which additional Role principals should be added to the user's WikiSession. To determine which roles should be injected, the Authorizer is queried for the roles it knows about by calling getRoles(). Then, each role returned by the Authorizer is tested by calling isUserInRole(WikiSession, Principal). If this check fails, and the Authorizer is of type WebAuthorizer, AuthenticationManager checks the role again by calling WebAuthorizer.isUserInRole(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, Principal)). Any roles that pass the test are injected into the Subject by firing appropriate authentication events.

Since:

2.3

Method Summary

Principal	findRole(String role) Looks up and returns a role Principal matching a given String.
Principal[]	getRoles() Returns an array of role Principals this Authorizer knows about.
void	initialize(WikiEngine engine, Properties props) Initializes the authorizer.
boolean	isUserInRole(WikiSession session, Principal role) Determines whether the Subject associated with a WikiSession is in a particular role.

Method Detail

getRoles

Principal[] getRoles()

Returns an array of role Principals this Authorizer knows about. This method will always return an array; an implementing class may choose to return an zero-length array if it has no ability to identify the roles under its control.

Returns:

an array of Principals representing the roles

findRole

Principal findRole(String role)

Looks up and returns a role Principal matching a given String. If a matching role cannot be found, this method returns null. Note that it may not always be feasible for an Authorizer implementation to return a role Principal.

Parameters:

role - the name of the role to retrieve

Returns:

the role Principal

initialize

void initialize(WikiEngine engine,
                Properties props)
                throws WikiSecurityException

Initializes the authorizer.

Parameters:

engine - the current wiki engine

props - the wiki engine initialization properties

Throws:

WikiSecurityException - if the Authorizer could not be initialized

isUserInRole

boolean isUserInRole(WikiSession session,
                     Principal role)

Determines whether the Subject associated with a WikiSession is in a particular role. This method takes two parameters: the WikiSession containing the subject and the desired role ( which may be a Role or a Group). If either parameter is null, this method must return false.

Parameters:

session - the current WikiSession

role - the role to check

Returns:

true if the user is considered to be in the role, false otherwise