Package com.adobe.internal.pdftoolkit.core.permissionprovider

Interface PermissionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

PermissionProviderStandard

public interface PermissionProvider

This interface must be implemented by each permission provider. This class specifies the available permission providers.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.String	DOC_MDP	Permission provider for DocMDP author signatures.
static java.lang.String	SECURITY	Permission provider for the security (encryption) handlers.
static java.lang.String	UP	Permission provider for user permissions.
static java.lang.String	UR	Permission provider for usage rights.
static java.lang.String	XFA	Permission provider for XFA usage.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isPermitted(ObjectOperations objOpr)	Every permission provider must implement this method to query a particular object-operation combination.

Field Detail

SECURITY

static final java.lang.String SECURITY

Permission provider for the security (encryption) handlers. The security handlers include Standard, PubSec, APS, eBook.

See Also:

SecurityHandler.getPermissionProvider(), Constant Field Values

DOC_MDP

static final java.lang.String DOC_MDP

Permission provider for DocMDP author signatures. An author may specify what changes are allowed to a document before the signature becomes invalid.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

UR

static final java.lang.String UR

Permission provider for usage rights. It enables features in Acrobar Reader.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

UP

static final java.lang.String UP

Permission provider for user permissions. This allows lightweight setting and clearing of document permissions. These permissions are not protected by signatures or encryption. Therefore, they can be set and cleared by any user.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

XFA

static final java.lang.String XFA

Permission provider for XFA usage. This applies to static and dynamic XFA.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

isPermitted

boolean isPermitted(ObjectOperations objOpr)
             throws PDFUnableToCompleteOperationException

Every permission provider must implement this method to query a particular object-operation combination. Subsequent calls to this method will refer to the document specified by the doc parameter.

Parameters:

objOpr - a valid combination of object/operations available in Acrobat 7.0 Professional.

Returns:

boolean true if the specified operation is permitted; false otherwise.

Throws:

PDFUnableToCompleteOperationException - if the specified operation cannot be completed.