tyrex.security.container
Class RoleCredentials

java.lang.Object
  tyrex.security.container.RoleCredentials

public final class RoleCredentials

extends java.lang.Object

Credential listing the principal's roles. These credentials are used by the container to determine if a principal is member of a given role, and also return that information to the application.

Role credentials are considered public.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2001/03/19 17:39:02 $

Author:

Assaf Arkin

Nested Class Summary

(package private) static class

RoleCredentials.RoleEntry

Constructor Summary

RoleCredentials(RoleCredentials[] creds)
Construct a new credential consolidating roles from a list of credentials.

RoleCredentials(java.lang.String[] roleNames)
Construct a new credential with the given list of roles.

Method Summary

void	destroy() Destroy the credentials.
boolean	isDestroyed() Returns true if these credentials have been destroyed.
boolean	isInRole(java.lang.String roleName) Returns true if the principal is a member of the named role.
java.lang.String[]	listRoles() Returns a list of all the role names.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RoleCredentials

public RoleCredentials(java.lang.String[] roleNames)

Construct a new credential with the given list of roles.

Parameters:

roleNames - Array of zero or more roles

RoleCredentials

public RoleCredentials(RoleCredentials[] creds)

Construct a new credential consolidating roles from a list of credentials.

Parameters:

creds - Array of zero or more credentials

Method Detail

isInRole

public boolean isInRole(java.lang.String roleName)

Returns true if the principal is a member of the named role.

Parameters:

roleName - Role name

Returns:

True if member of role

listRoles

public java.lang.String[] listRoles()

Returns a list of all the role names.

Returns:

Array of zero or more roles

destroy

public void destroy()

Destroy the credentials.

isDestroyed

public boolean isDestroyed()

Returns true if these credentials have been destroyed.