com.bea.security.providers.authorization.asi
Interface ResourceConverter

public interface ResourceConverter

Interface for performing Resource conversions. Converters will transform from various implementations of the Resouce interface into a WLES AccessElement.

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Method Summary

com.wles.arme.AccessElement	convertResource(weblogic.security.spi.Resource resource, weblogic.security.service.ContextHandler contextHandler) converts a resource to a asi AccessElement
java.lang.Object	getAttributeValue(weblogic.security.spi.Resource resource, java.lang.String name, weblogic.security.service.ContextHandler contextHandler) read the value of an attribute from the resource.
java.lang.String[]	getHandledTypes() Returns the types of resources handled by this converter.

Method Detail

getHandledTypes

public java.lang.String[] getHandledTypes()

Returns the types of resources handled by this converter.

Returns:

the type names associated with a Resource object

convertResource

public com.wles.arme.AccessElement convertResource(weblogic.security.spi.Resource resource,
                                                   weblogic.security.service.ContextHandler contextHandler)
                                            throws com.bea.security.providers.authorization.asi.ResourceConversionException

converts a resource to a asi AccessElement

Parameters:

resource - resource to convert

context - to pull any extra data from

Returns:

an AccessElement representing the question

Throws:

ResourceConversionException - if there is an error converting the resource

getAttributeValue

public java.lang.Object getAttributeValue(weblogic.security.spi.Resource resource,
                                          java.lang.String name,
                                          weblogic.security.service.ContextHandler contextHandler)

read the value of an attribute from the resource.

Parameters:

the - name of the needed attribute

Returns:

the attributes value, or null if not found