oracle.portal.provider.v2.security
Class GroupSecurityManager

java.lang.Object
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  +--oracle.portal.provider.v2.security.PortletSecurityManager
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        +--oracle.portal.provider.v2.security.GroupSecurityManager

public class GroupSecurityManager

extends PortletSecurityManager

GroupSecurityManager is a simple access controller for a portlet that uses a user's membership of a group to control access. A user will be granted access to a portlet if the user is a member of a named group

Constructor Summary

GroupSecurityManager()

Method Summary

void	addGroup(java.lang.String name) Adds the group distinguished name for this security manager.
boolean	hasAccess(PortletReference ref, ProviderUser user) Verifies that the specified user is a member of one of the groups
boolean	hasAccess(ProviderInstance pi, PortletDefinition pd, ProviderUser user) Verifies that the specified user is a member of one of the groups

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GroupSecurityManager

public GroupSecurityManager()

Method Detail

hasAccess

public boolean hasAccess(ProviderInstance pi,
                         PortletDefinition pd,
                         ProviderUser user)

Verifies that the specified user is a member of one of the groups

Overrides:

hasAccess in class PortletSecurityManager

Parameters:

pi - the provider instance from which the portlet is being accessed.

pd - the definition of the portlet which we want to authorize access to.

user - the current user we are being asked to authorize.

Returns:

true is this user is authorized to access this portlet.

hasAccess

public boolean hasAccess(PortletReference ref,
                         ProviderUser user)
                  throws PortletNotFoundException

Verifies that the specified user is a member of one of the groups

Overrides:

hasAccess in class PortletSecurityManager

Parameters:

inst - the portlet instance

user - the current user we are being asked to authorize.

Returns:

true is this user is authorized to access this portlet instance.

addGroup

public void addGroup(java.lang.String name)
              throws java.lang.IllegalStateException

Adds the group distinguished name for this security manager. Group distinghished names are like "cn=deptX,cn=Groups,dc=uk,dc=oracle,dc=com". This version of the method is intended for use by Providers that are initialized via the provider.xml file

Parameters:

name - String the group distinguished name