org.blojsom.authorization
Interface AuthorizationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatabaseAuthorizationProvider

public interface AuthorizationProvider

AuthorizationProvider

Since:

blojsom 3.0

Version:

$Id: AuthorizationProvider.java,v 1.5 2007/01/17 02:35:16 czarneckid Exp $

Author:

David Czarnecki

Method Summary

void	authorize(Blog blog, java.util.Map authorizationContext, java.lang.String userLogin, java.lang.String password) Authorize a username and password for the given Blog
void	checkPermission(Blog blog, java.util.Map permissionContext, java.lang.String userLogin, java.lang.String permission) Check a permission for the given Blog
void	init() Initialization method for the authorization provider

Method Detail

init

public void init()
          throws ConfigurationException

Initialization method for the authorization provider

Throws:

ConfigurationException - If there is an error initializing the provider

authorize

public void authorize(Blog blog,
                      java.util.Map authorizationContext,
                      java.lang.String userLogin,
                      java.lang.String password)
               throws AuthorizationException

Authorize a username and password for the given Blog

Parameters:

blog - Blog

authorizationContext - Map to be used to provide other information for authorization. This will change depending on the authorization provider.

userLogin - Username

password - Password

Throws:

AuthorizationException - If there is an error authorizing the username and password

checkPermission

public void checkPermission(Blog blog,
                            java.util.Map permissionContext,
                            java.lang.String userLogin,
                            java.lang.String permission)
                     throws AuthorizationException

Check a permission for the given Blog

Parameters:

blog - Blog

permissionContext - Map to be used to provide other information for permission check. This will change depending on the authorization provider.

userLogin - Username

permission - Permission

Throws:

AuthorizationException - If there is an error checking the permission for the username and permission