Package org.apache.wiki.auth.authorize

Interface WebAuthorizer

All Superinterfaces:

Authorizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebContainerAuthorizer

public interface WebAuthorizer
extends Authorizer

Extends the Authorizer interface by including a delgate method for HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole(String).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isUserInRole(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.security.Principal role)	Determines whether a user associated with an HTTP request possesses a particular role.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.wiki.auth.Authorizer

findRole, getRoles, initialize, isUserInRole

Method Detail

isUserInRole

boolean isUserInRole(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                     java.security.Principal role)

Determines whether a user associated with an HTTP request possesses a particular role. This method simply delegates to HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole(String) by converting the Principal's name to a String.

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request

role - the role to check

Returns:

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