Package org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user

Interface Impersonation

public interface Impersonation

The Impersonation maintains Principals that are allowed to impersonate. Principals can be added or removed using grantImpersonation(Principal) and revokeImpersonation(Principal), respectively.

See Also:

User.getImpersonation()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	allows(@NotNull javax.security.auth.Subject subject)	Test if the given subject (i.e.
@NotNull PrincipalIterator	getImpersonators()
boolean	grantImpersonation(@NotNull java.security.Principal principal)
boolean	revokeImpersonation(@NotNull java.security.Principal principal)

Method Detail

getImpersonators

@NotNull
@NotNull PrincipalIterator getImpersonators()
                                     throws RepositoryException

Returns:

An iterator over the Principals that are allowed to impersonate the User this Impersonation object has been created for.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

grantImpersonation

boolean grantImpersonation(@NotNull
                           @NotNull java.security.Principal principal)
                    throws RepositoryException

Parameters:

principal - The principal that should be allowed to impersonate the User this Impersonation has been built for.

Returns:

true if the specified Principal has not been allowed to impersonate before and if impersonation has been successfully granted to it, false otherwise.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

revokeImpersonation

boolean revokeImpersonation(@NotNull
                            @NotNull java.security.Principal principal)
                     throws RepositoryException

Parameters:

principal - The principal that should no longer be allowed to impersonate.

Returns:

If the granted impersonation has been successfully revoked for the given principal; false otherwise.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

allows

boolean allows(@NotNull
               @NotNull javax.security.auth.Subject subject)
        throws RepositoryException

Test if the given subject (i.e. any of the principals it contains) is allowed to impersonate.

Parameters:

subject - to impersonate.

Returns:

true if this Impersonation allows the specified Subject to impersonate.

Throws:

RepositoryException - If an error occurs.