com.caucho.security
Interface SecurityContextProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpRequest, CompileRequest, FastCgiRequest, HmuxRequest, HttpRequest, SocketPolicyRequest

public interface SecurityContextProvider

Defines the interface any security provider must implement.

Method Summary

java.security.Principal	getUserPrincipal() Returns the Principal for the context.
boolean	isTransportSecure() Returns true if the transport context is secure (SSL).
boolean	isUserInRole(java.lang.String permission) Returns true if the user principal plays the named role.
java.lang.String	runAs(java.lang.String roleName) Sets the current runAs role/principal.

Method Detail

getUserPrincipal

java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal()
                                         throws SecurityContextException

Returns the Principal for the context.

Returns:

the principal in the context or null.

Throws:

SecurityContextException

isUserInRole

boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String permission)

Returns true if the user principal plays the named role.

Parameters:

permission - the permission to test against.

runAs

java.lang.String runAs(java.lang.String roleName)

Sets the current runAs role/principal. This should affect isUserInRole and getUserPrincipal.

Parameters:

roleName - the new role

Returns:

the old run-as role

isTransportSecure

boolean isTransportSecure()
                          throws SecurityContextException

Returns true if the transport context is secure (SSL).

Throws:

SecurityContextException