jade.util

Class AccessControlList

java.lang.Object

jade.util.AccessControlList

public class AccessControlList
extends java.lang.Object

An ACL object represents an Access Control List and wraps a White list and a Black list, Both lists make use of regular expressions for allowing/denying access to a certain resource. Into each file, multiple sections are allowed. A specific client is allowed if:

• it is not present into the black list, AND
• it is present into the white list.

More about regular expressions:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/extra/regex/

Author:

Giosue Vitaglione - Telecom Italia LAB

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AccessControlList()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isAllowed(java.lang.String section, java.lang.String value) A specific client is allowed if: it is not present into the black list, AND it is present into the white list.
void	refresh() Update this AccessControlList object reading again the white and black files.
void	setBlack(java.lang.String blackFileName)
void	setWhite(java.lang.String whiteFileName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AccessControlList

public AccessControlList()

Method Detail

setBlack

public void setBlack(java.lang.String blackFileName)

setWhite

public void setWhite(java.lang.String whiteFileName)

isAllowed

public boolean isAllowed(java.lang.String section,
                java.lang.String value)

A specific client is allowed if:

• it is not present into the black list, AND
• it is present into the white list.

isAllow("section", value) returns is the client having that specific value for that property is allowed.

refresh

public void refresh()

Update this AccessControlList object reading again the white and black files.