Interface AccessManager

Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface public interface AccessManager
A manager that provides access validators for different execution contexts.
Since:
1.0
Version:
1.0
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Creates a manager for which all validators always allow access.
    Creates a manager for which all validators always deny access.
    Creates a manager that issues validators that perform simple group memebership checks (that is, a user has equivalent access to a group if and only if they belong to that group).
    overridable(Group overrideGroup)
    Creates a manager that issues validators that generally perform group membership checks, but also allows a given group to override any permission in the system (that is, users that are members of the given group have equivalent permissions to any other group).
    Creates an access validator under the given context.
  • Method Details

    • validator

      Creates an access validator under the given context.
      Parameters:
      context - The access context for the current execution.
      Returns:
      The appropriate access validator.
    • alwaysAllow

      @SideEffectFree static AccessManager alwaysAllow()
      Creates a manager for which all validators always allow access. That is, a manager that allows access for any user to any group (effectively disabling group checking).
      Returns:
      The manager.
    • alwaysDeny

      @SideEffectFree static AccessManager alwaysDeny()
      Creates a manager for which all validators always deny access. That is, a manager that denies access for any user to any group (effectively disabling any functionality that requires group membership).
      Returns:
      The manager.
    • basic

      Creates a manager that issues validators that perform simple group memebership checks (that is, a user has equivalent access to a group if and only if they belong to that group).
      Returns:
      The manager.
    • overridable

      @SideEffectFree static AccessManager overridable(Group overrideGroup)
      Creates a manager that issues validators that generally perform group membership checks, but also allows a given group to override any permission in the system (that is, users that are members of the given group have equivalent permissions to any other group).
      Parameters:
      overrideGroup - The group that overrides any permission check.
      Returns:
      The manager.