com.bea.content.federated
Class ContentSecurityHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.content.federated.ContentSecurityHelper

public class ContentSecurityHelper
extends Object

This class contains helper methods to manage security on content management resources.

Field Summary

static ContextKey

COMMUNITY_URI optional.

Method Summary

static void	addRoles(SecurityPolicyItem spi, List<String> roleList) Adds this list of roles to the security policty
static void	cleanDanglingPolicies(ContentContext context) Clean all the dangling policies in CM System for ALL the repositories.
static void	createDAPolicy(ContentContext context, String taxonomy, List<String> roleList, String capability) Create a DA security policy for the given taxonomy and capability.
static void	createVisitorSecurityPolicy(ContentContext context, String taxonomy, List<String> roleList, String capability, String providerName) Create a visitor security policy for the given taxonomy and capability.
static String	getRootTaxonomy(String repositoryName, String resourceType) Return the taxonomy of the repository root
static List<SecurityPolicyItem>	getSecurityPolicies(String taxonomyStart, int policyUser) Gets all the security policies for a given user which start with the given taxonomy.
static Subject	getSubject() Returns the currently logged in subject
static String	getTaxonomy(Node node) Return the taxonomy of the node used by the Content Security Layer
static String	getTaxonomy(ObjectClass objectClass) Return the taxonomy of the type used by the Content Security Layer
static String	getTaxonomy(Workflow workflow) Return the taxonomy of the workflow object used by the Content Security Layer
static String	getUserName() Gets the userName of the currently logged in user
static boolean	isAdminRole()
static void	removeDAPolicy(ContentContext context, String taxonomy, String capability) Remove the DA Policy set on the content resource
static void	removeRoles(SecurityPolicyItem spi, List<String> roleList) Remove the roles from the given security policy
static void	removeVisitorPolicy(ContentContext context, String taxonomy, String capability, String providerName) Remove the visitor Policy set on the content resource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMMUNITY_URI

public static final ContextKey COMMUNITY_URI

optional. If a groupSpace community, need the community uri for entitlements check

Method Detail

getSubject

public static Subject getSubject()

Returns the currently logged in subject

Returns

logged in subject

getUserName

public static String getUserName()

Gets the userName of the currently logged in user

Returns

The user name.

getRootTaxonomy

public static String getRootTaxonomy(String repositoryName,
                                     String resourceType)

Return the taxonomy of the repository root

Parameters

resourceType - The resourceType defined in ContentEntitlementHelper [RESOURCE_CONTENT, RESOURCE_TYPE, RESOURCE_REPOSITORY, RESOURCE_WORKFLOW]

repositoryName - The name of the repository. If it's null, it will return taxonomy of the Virtual Repository

Returns

The taxonomy for that repository. Will throw an IllegalArgumentException if invalid resource type is specified

getTaxonomy

public static String getTaxonomy(Node node)

Return the taxonomy of the node used by the Content Security Layer

Parameters

node - The node object

Returns

The taxonomy

getTaxonomy

public static String getTaxonomy(ObjectClass objectClass)

Return the taxonomy of the type used by the Content Security Layer

Parameters

objectClass - Object class to be checked.

Returns

The taxonomy

getTaxonomy

public static String getTaxonomy(Workflow workflow)

Return the taxonomy of the workflow object used by the Content Security Layer

Parameters

workflow - The workflow object

Returns

The taxonomy

createVisitorSecurityPolicy

public static void createVisitorSecurityPolicy(ContentContext context,
                                               String taxonomy,
                                               List<String> roleList,
                                               String capability,
                                               String providerName)
                                        throws com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException,
                                               com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException,
                                               com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyExistsException,
                                               RepositoryException

Create a visitor security policy for the given taxonomy and capability.

Parameters

context - The contentContext object

taxonomy - Taxonomy of the resource. Can be generated using getTaxonomy(Node), getTaxonomy(ObjectClass) or getTaxonomy(Workflow) for content specific resources

roleList - The roleList associated with the security policy item

capability - The visitor capability. Should only be a list of valid visitor capabilities defined in ContentEntitlementHelper - CAN_VISITOR_CREATE/CAN_VISITOR_VIEW etc

providerName - Optional parameter, needs to be set only if the visitor security policy is to be created in a different provider. If the policy is to be created in the default provider, this variable can be set to null.

Throws

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException - If an entitlement error occurs

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException - if an error occurs in creating a policy

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyExistsException - if the policy already exists

RepositoryException - for any other error

removeVisitorPolicy

public static void removeVisitorPolicy(ContentContext context,
                                       String taxonomy,
                                       String capability,
                                       String providerName)
                                throws com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException,
                                       com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyRemoveException,
                                       com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException,
                                       RepositoryException

Remove the visitor Policy set on the content resource

Parameters

context - The contentContext object.

taxonomy - Taxonomy of the resource. Can be generated using getTaxonomy(Node), getTaxonomy(ObjectClass) or getTaxonomy(Workflow) for content specific resources

capability - The visitor capability. Should only be a list of valid visitor capabilities defined in ContentEntitlementHelper - CAN_VISITOR_CREATE etc To remove all capabilities, use the wildcard - *

providerName - Optional parameter, needs to be set only if the visitor security policy is to be removed for a different provider. If the policy is to be removed in the default provider, this variable can be set to null. To remove the visitor policy from ALL security providers, specify * as it's value

Throws

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException - If an entitlement error occurs

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyRemoveException - If the policy cannot be removed

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException - If the policy was not found

RepositoryException - For any other error

createDAPolicy

public static void createDAPolicy(ContentContext context,
                                  String taxonomy,
                                  List<String> roleList,
                                  String capability)
                           throws com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException,
                                  com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException,
                                  RepositoryException

Create a DA security policy for the given taxonomy and capability.

Parameters

context - The ContentContext object. Recommended use is only from within admin tools.

taxonomy - Taxonomy of the resource. Can be generated using getTaxonomy(Node), getTaxonomy(ObjectClass) or getTaxonomy(Workflow) for content specific resources

roleList - A list of roles to associate with the policy.

capability - The DA capability. Should only be a list of valid DA capabilities defined in ContentEntitlementHelper - CAN_CREATE/CAN_DELETE etc

Throws

RepositoryException - If an error occurs

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException - If an error occurs with entitlements

com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException - A wrapper for an exception throw by the underlying entitlements engine

removeDAPolicy

public static void removeDAPolicy(ContentContext context,
                                  String taxonomy,
                                  String capability)
                           throws com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException,
                                  com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException,
                                  RepositoryException

Remove the DA Policy set on the content resource

Parameters

context - The ContentContext object. Recommended use is only from within admin tools.

taxonomy - Taxonomy of the resource. Can be generated using getTaxonomy(Node), getTaxonomy(ObjectClass) or getTaxonomy(Workflow) for content specific resources

capability - The DA capability. Should only be a list of valid DA capabilities defined in ContentEntitlementHelper - CAN_CREATE/CAN_DELETE etc To remove all capabilities, use the wildcard - *

Throws

RepositoryException - If an error occurs

com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException - A wrapper for an exception throw by the underlying entitlements engine

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException - If an error occurs with entitlements

isAdminRole

public static boolean isAdminRole()

addRoles

public static void addRoles(SecurityPolicyItem spi,
                            List<String> roleList)
                     throws com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException,
                            com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException

Adds this list of roles to the security policty

Parameters

spi - SecurityPolicyItem can be obtained via "getSecurityPolicy()" method in this class

roleList - The list of new roles

Throws

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException - If the given policy is not found.

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException - If the policy change fails.

removeRoles

public static void removeRoles(SecurityPolicyItem spi,
                               List<String> roleList)
                        throws com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException,
                               com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException

Remove the roles from the given security policy

Parameters

spi - SecurityPolicyItem can be obtained via "getSecurityPolicy()" method in this class

roleList - The list of roles to remove

Throws

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException - If the given policy is not found.

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyCreateException - If the policy change fails.

cleanDanglingPolicies

public static void cleanDanglingPolicies(ContentContext context)
                                  throws RepositoryException,
                                         com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyRemoveException,
                                         com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException,
                                         com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException,
                                         com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException

Clean all the dangling policies in CM System for ALL the repositories. Dangling policies are created when a visitor has renamed a node and the security policy has not been updated to reflect the fact. This method will allow cleaning of dangling policies both at the DA Level as well as Visitor Entitlements level. If the user is not in an Admin role, the method will throw an RepositoryException.

Parameters

context - The ContentContext object

Throws

RepositoryException - In case of errors in removing security policies

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyRemoveException - If the policy cannot be removed

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.EntitlementsException - In case of error in removing policies

com.bea.p13n.entitlements.common.PolicyNotFoundException - If policy is not found

com.bea.p13n.delegation.management.DelegationPolicyManagementException - If the delegated policy cannot be removed

getSecurityPolicies

public static List<SecurityPolicyItem> getSecurityPolicies(String taxonomyStart,
                                                           int policyUser)
                                                    throws RepositoryException

Gets all the security policies for a given user which start with the given taxonomy. The user should be in a PortalSystemAdministrators/Admin role to use this method, otherwise a PolicyManagementAccessException will be thrown by the system.

Parameters

taxonomyStart - The start of the taxonomy. This method will throw an error if the taxonomy is null.

policyUser - PolicyUser - EntitlementConstants.P13N_APPLICATION_POLICY || EntitlementConstants.P13N_ADMIN_POLICY

Returns

A list of security policy items. This will get all security policies of matching taxonomy from ALL the security providers.

Throws

RepositoryException - for any other error cases.