Oracle Entitlements Server for Java API Reference

com.bea.security
Class PolicyDomain

java.lang.Object
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public class PolicyDomain

extends java.lang.Object

A policy domain is a collection of elements and security services over which a common and consistent set of policies are administered in a coordinated fashion. The PolicyDomain class organizes these services making them available in a central place. PolicyDomain objects are fetched from the SecurityRuntime object.

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Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Gets the policy domain's name.
PublicSecurityService	getService(ServiceType servicetype) Creates a PublicSecurityService of the requested type relevant to the policy domain provided.
java.util.Vector	getServiceTypes() Lists the service types offered by this policy domain.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the policy domain's name.

Returns:

this policy domain's name as a String.

getService

public PublicSecurityService getService(ServiceType servicetype)
                                 throws ServiceNotAvailableException

Creates a PublicSecurityService of the requested type relevant to the policy domain provided.

Parameters:

servicetype - a ServiceType that indicates which security service is being requested.

Returns:

a PublicSecurityService that provides the service type requested.

Throws:

ServiceNotAvailableException - This exception is thrown if a service is requested that the security runtime does not provide.

getServiceTypes

public java.util.Vector getServiceTypes()

Lists the service types offered by this policy domain.

Returns:

a Vector of ServiceTypes offered by this policy domain.