com.webmethods.caf.portalclient.access
Class PCAccessHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.webmethods.caf.portalclient.access.PCAccessHelper

public class PCAccessHelper
extends Object

Simplifies getting some basic access information

Field Summary

static int	ALL
static int	CREATE_CONTAINER
static int	CREATE_ITEM
static int	CREATE_REFERENCE
static int	DELETE
static int	DELETE_REFERENCE
static int	MODIFY
static int	MODIFY_PERMISSION
static int	MODIFY_REFERENCE
static int	NONE
static int	READ

Constructor Summary

PCAccessHelper()

Method Summary

static int	getAccess(URI itemID, URI userID) Determines what the access rights a user has on a resource
static boolean	hasAccess(URI itemID, URI userID, int accessRights) Determines whether the user has the specified rights on a resource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NONE

public static final int NONE

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READ

public static final int READ

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CREATE_CONTAINER

public static final int CREATE_CONTAINER

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CREATE_ITEM

public static final int CREATE_ITEM

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CREATE_REFERENCE

public static final int CREATE_REFERENCE

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MODIFY

public static final int MODIFY

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MODIFY_REFERENCE

public static final int MODIFY_REFERENCE

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MODIFY_PERMISSION

public static final int MODIFY_PERMISSION

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DELETE

public static final int DELETE

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DELETE_REFERENCE

public static final int DELETE_REFERENCE

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ALL

public static final int ALL

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Constructor Detail

PCAccessHelper

public PCAccessHelper()

Method Detail

getAccess

public static int getAccess(URI itemID,
                            URI userID)
                     throws Exception

Determines what the access rights a user has on a resource

Parameters:

itemID - the MWS thing ID of the resource to get access rights for

userID - the URI of the principal to retrieve rights for

Returns:

the bit-field of rights explictly granted to the specified principal. See PCAccessHelper for bit-field constants.

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Exception

hasAccess

public static boolean hasAccess(URI itemID,
                                URI userID,
                                int accessRights)
                         throws Exception

Determines whether the user has the specified rights on a resource

Parameters:

itemID - the MWS thing ID of the resource to check access rights for

userID - the URI of the principal to check access rights for

accessRights - the bit-field of rights to check against. See PCAccessHelper for bit-field constants.

Returns:

true if the user has access, false otherwise

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Exception