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com.bea.security
Class SimpleResponseContextCollector

java.lang.Object
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public class SimpleResponseContextCollector

extends ResponseContextCollector

The SimpleResponseContextCollector is a simple implementation of the ResponseContextCollector abstract base class. It may be used to collect extended decisions from the authorization service. See ResponseContextCollector further details.

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Fields inherited from class com.bea.security.ResponseContextCollector

CONTEXT_ATTR_NAME, CONTEXT_ATTR_NAMESPACE, CONTEXT_ATTR_UNQUALIFIED_NAME

Constructor Summary

SimpleResponseContextCollector()
Create a SimpleResponseContextCollector object.

Method Summary

void	appendContext(AppContext context) Add a response context to the collector.
void	clear() Clears the contents of the collector so that it may be reused.
AppContext[]	getContexts() Get an array of all response AppContext in the collector.
AppContext	getMergedContexts() Get a single response AppContext which contains a merged set of the data from all the response AppContexts in in the collector.
static AppContextElement	makeContextElement() Constructs an AppContextElement containing a ResponseContextCollector, and the appropriate name and namespace.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleResponseContextCollector

public SimpleResponseContextCollector()

Create a SimpleResponseContextCollector object.

Method Detail

makeContextElement

public static AppContextElement makeContextElement()

Constructs an AppContextElement containing a ResponseContextCollector, and the appropriate name and namespace. This AppContextElement may be added to the request context of an authorization call to obtain extended decision data.

Returns:

Returns an AppContextElement with name and namespace filled in, as well as a value containing an initialized SimpleResponseContextCollector object.

appendContext

public void appendContext(AppContext context)

Add a response context to the collector.

Parameters:

context - a AppContext object to be added to the collector.

Overrides:

appendContext in class ResponseContextCollector

getContexts

public AppContext[] getContexts()

Get an array of all response AppContext in the collector.

Returns:

an array of AppContext objects held within the collector.

Overrides:

getContexts in class ResponseContextCollector

clear

public void clear()

Clears the contents of the collector so that it may be reused.

getMergedContexts

public AppContext getMergedContexts()

Get a single response AppContext which contains a merged set of the data from all the response AppContexts in in the collector. If two contexts contain elements which identical keys, the values will be combined into a Collection. If the conflicting elements are themselves collections then the elements of each will be joined into a single collection.

Returns:

single merged context.