oracle.dss.persistence.security.common
Interface AclEntry

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AclEntryImpl

public interface AclEntry

extends java.lang.Cloneable

Entry in an access control list (Acl). Each entry specifies the privilege that a user has.

See Also:

Acl, User, Privilege

Method Summary

boolean	checkPrivilege(Privilege privilege) Indicates whether this AclEntry has the specified Privilege.
Privilege	getPrivilege() Retrieves the Privilege that this AclEntry assigns to a user.
User	getUser() Retrieves the user for this AclEntry.
void	setPrivilege(Privilege privilege) Specifies the Privilege of this AclEntry.

Method Detail

getUser

public User getUser()

Retrieves the user for this AclEntry.

Returns:

The User for which this AclEntry specifies rights.

getPrivilege

public Privilege getPrivilege()

Retrieves the Privilege that this AclEntry assigns to a user.

Returns:

The Privilege that the user for this AclEntry has.

setPrivilege

public void setPrivilege(Privilege privilege)

Specifies the Privilege of this AclEntry. The Privilege identifies the rights that the user for this AclEntry has to operate on a context or on its contents.

Parameters:

privilege - The Privilege that specify the rights for the user of this AclEntry.

checkPrivilege

public boolean checkPrivilege(Privilege privilege)

Indicates whether this AclEntry has the specified Privilege. This method indicates whether the user in this entry has the access rights that the specified Privilege identifies. The specified Privilege can be equivalent to the Privilege of this entry, or it can be implied by this entry's Privilege. For example, if you pass a Read Privilege to this method, and this entry has Write Privilege, then this method returns true.

Parameters:

privilege - The Privilege that identifies the access rights that you want to find out about.

Returns:

true if the User for this AclEntry has privilege rights, false if the User does not.