Authoriser

public interface Authoriser

Implementations of this interface supply the function of Authorisation Manager to an Ebase system.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String[]`	`getRoles(javax.security.auth.Subject subject)`
`boolean`	`hasRole(java.lang.String roleName, javax.security.auth.Subject subject)`	Answers the question whether the user referred to by subject is associated with the named role
`void`	`initialise(com.ebasetech.ufs.kernel.IUFSServletContextProxy proxy)`	Called at system start up to initialise any required resources
`boolean`	`isAuthorised(SecurityAuthorisationRequest req, javax.security.auth.Subject subject)`	Answers the question whether the user referred to by subject is authorised for this request

Method Details
- isAuthorised
  
  boolean isAuthorised(SecurityAuthorisationRequest req, javax.security.auth.Subject subject) throws com.ebasetech.ufs.security.authorisation.AuthorisationException
  
  Answers the question whether the user referred to by subject is authorised for this request
  
  Throws:
  
  com.ebasetech.ufs.security.authorisation.AuthorisationException - if an error occurs calling the backend system
- hasRole
  
  boolean hasRole(java.lang.String roleName, javax.security.auth.Subject subject) throws com.ebasetech.ufs.security.authorisation.AuthorisationException
  
  Answers the question whether the user referred to by subject is associated with the named role
  
  Throws:
  
  com.ebasetech.ufs.security.authorisation.AuthorisationException
- initialise
  
  void initialise(com.ebasetech.ufs.kernel.IUFSServletContextProxy proxy)
  
  Called at system start up to initialise any required resources
- getRoles
  
  java.lang.String[] getRoles(javax.security.auth.Subject subject)