WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.management.security.authorization
Interface PolicyEditorMBean

All Known Subinterfaces:

DefaultAuthorizerMBean

public interface PolicyEditorMBean

extends weblogic.management.commo.StandardInterface, PolicyReaderMBean

Provides a set of methods for creating, editing, and removing policies. An Authorization-provider MBean can optionally extend this MBean. The WebLogic Server Administration Console detects when an Authorization provider extends this MBean and automatically provides a GUI for using these methods.

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Method Summary

void	createPolicy(java.lang.String resourceId, java.lang.String expression) Creates a policy for accessing a resource.
void	removePolicy(java.lang.String resourceId) Removes a policy.
void	setPolicyExpression(java.lang.String resourceId, java.lang.String expression) Sets a policy expression for a resource.

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.management.security.authorization.PolicyReaderMBean

getPolicyExpression, policyExists

Method Detail

setPolicyExpression

public void setPolicyExpression(java.lang.String resourceId,
                                java.lang.String expression)
                         throws NotFoundException,
                                CreateException

Sets a policy expression for a resource.

Parameters:

resourceId - - The resource for which this method sets the policy expression. A null value will trigger NullPointerException.

expression - - The expression that determines the type of access this policy allows to the resource. A null value prohibits any type of access.

Throws:

NotFoundException -

CreateException -

createPolicy

public void createPolicy(java.lang.String resourceId,
                         java.lang.String expression)
                  throws AlreadyExistsException,
                         CreateException

Creates a policy for accessing a resource.

Parameters:

resourceId - - The ID of the resource. A null value will trigger NullPointerException.

For information about creating resources, refer to the Javadoc for

weblogic.security.spi.Resource

.

expression - - The expression that determines the type of access this policy allows to the resource. A null value prohibits any type of access.

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException -

CreateException -

removePolicy

public void removePolicy(java.lang.String resourceId)
                  throws NotFoundException,
                         RemoveException

Removes a policy.

Parameters:

resourceId - - The resource for which this method removes a policy. A null value may trigger NullPointerException.

Throws:

NotFoundException -

RemoveException -