weblogic.security.spi
Interface Resource

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SelfDescribingResource, SelfDescribingResourceV2

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdminResource, ApplicationResource, COMResource, ControlResource, EISResource, EJBResource, JDBCResource, JMSResource, JMXResource, JNDIResource, KerberosServiceResource, RemoteResource, ResourceBase, ServerResource, URLResource, WebServiceResource, WorkContextResource

public interface Resource
extends Serializable

The Resource interface provides the definition for an object that represents a resource that may be protected from unauthorized access.

equals

boolean equals(Object another)

Compares this resource to the resource in the specified object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

another - another resource with which to compare this resource.

Returns:

a boolean value indicating whether the resource passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this resource. A value of TRUE indicates that the resource passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this resource; a value of FALSE indicates that it is not the same.

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this resource.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the resource, represented as a String.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns an identifier for the resource as a hash code.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hashcode value for the resource.

getType

String getType()

Gets the type of this resource.

Returns:

the type of this resource, represented as a String.

getParentResource

Resource getParentResource()

Gets a Resource object that represents the parent of the current resource. If the resource does not have a parent, the value of null must be returned.

Returns:

the Resource object of the parent resource.

getID

long getID()

Gets a 64-bit hashcode for a resource.

Returns:

the ID value for the resource, represented as a long.

getKeys

String[] getKeys()

Gets keys for the resource.

Returns:

an array of Strings containing the resource's keys.

getValues

String[] getValues()

Gets the values corresponding to the keys of this resource's type. This array may be shorter than the array returned by getKeys because the latter depends only on the type of the resource.

Returns:

an array of Strings representing the keys' values for this resource type.