accessdecisionvoter.java

acegi构造安全的java系统

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package org.acegisecurity.vote;

import org.acegisecurity.Authentication;
import org.acegisecurity.ConfigAttribute;
import org.acegisecurity.ConfigAttributeDefinition;


/**
 * Indicates a class is responsible for voting on authorization decisions.
 *
 * <p>
 * The coordination of voting (ie polling <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code>s,
 * tallying their responses, and making the final authorization decision) is
 * performed by an {@link org.acegisecurity.AccessDecisionManager}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @version $Id: AccessDecisionVoter.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $
 */
public interface AccessDecisionVoter {
    //~ Static fields/initializers =====================================================================================

    int ACCESS_GRANTED = 1;
    int ACCESS_ABSTAIN = 0;
    int ACCESS_DENIED = -1;

    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    /**
     * Indicates whether this <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code> is able to vote on the passed
     * <code>ConfigAttribute</code>.<p>This allows the <code>AbstractSecurityInterceptor</code> to check every
     * configuration attribute can be consumed by the configured <code>AccessDecisionManager</code> and/or
     * <code>RunAsManager</code> and/or <code>AfterInvocationManager</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param attribute a configuration attribute that has been configured against the
     *        <code>AbstractSecurityInterceptor</code>
     *
     * @return true if this <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code> can support the passed configuration attribute
     */
    boolean supports(ConfigAttribute attribute);

    /**
     * Indicates whether the <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code> implementation is able to provide access control
     * votes for the indicated secured object type.
     *
     * @param clazz the class that is being queried
     *
     * @return true if the implementation can process the indicated class
     */
    boolean supports(Class clazz);

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not access is granted.
     * <p>The decision must be affirmative (<code>ACCESS_GRANTED</code>), negative (<code>ACCESS_DENIED</code>)
     * or the <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code> can abstain (<code>ACCESS_ABSTAIN</code>) from voting.
     * Under no circumstances should implementing classes return any other value. If a weighting of results is desired,
     * this should be handled in a custom {@link org.acegisecurity.AccessDecisionManager} instead.
     * </p>
     * <p>Unless an <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code> is specifically intended to vote on an access control
     * decision due to a passed method invocation or configuration attribute parameter, it must return
     * <code>ACCESS_ABSTAIN</code>. This prevents the coordinating <code>AccessDecisionManager</code> from counting
     * votes from those <code>AccessDecisionVoter</code>s without a legitimate interest in the access control
     * decision.
     * </p>
     * <p>Whilst the method invocation is passed as a parameter to maximise flexibility in making access
     * control decisions, implementing classes must never modify the behaviour of the method invocation (such as
     * calling <Code>MethodInvocation.proceed()</code>).</p>
     *
     * @param authentication the caller invoking the method
     * @param object the secured object
     * @param config the configuration attributes associated with the method being invoked
     *
     * @return either {@link #ACCESS_GRANTED}, {@link #ACCESS_ABSTAIN} or {@link #ACCESS_DENIED}
     */
    int vote(Authentication authentication, Object object, ConfigAttributeDefinition config);
}