com.bea.p13n.security.management.authorization
Class AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.p13n.security.management.authorization.AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper

public class AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper
extends Object

Provides helper methods for accessing security management classes, especially those used to manage SSPI providers.

Constructor Summary

AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper()

Method Summary

static AuthorizerDescription	findProviderByName(String aDisplayName) Returns the configured SSPI authorizer with a matching display name.
static AuthorizerDescription	findProviderByUniqueName(String aUniqueId) Returns the configured SSPI authorization provider with a matching unique id which is the concatenation of display name and version number.
static AuthorizerDescription	getDefaultProvider() Finds and returns an AuthorizerDescription based on the first instance of a deployed AuthorizerMBean (or the first AuthorizerMBean, if none was found.)
static List<AuthorizerDescription>	getProviders() Returns the list of currently configured SSPI Authorization providers
static String	getProviderUniqueName(String aDisplayName, String aVersion) Returns unique id of the provider which is the concatenation of display name and version number.
static boolean	isMultiAuthorizersMode() Returns an indication of whether multiple authorization providers have been configured.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper

public AuthorizationSecurityMgmtHelper()

Method Detail

getProviders

public static List<AuthorizerDescription> getProviders()
                                                throws ProviderMgmtException

Returns the list of currently configured SSPI Authorization providers

Returns

List of AuthorizerDescription objects

Throws

ProviderMgmtException

getDefaultProvider

public static AuthorizerDescription getDefaultProvider()
                                                throws ProviderMgmtException

Finds and returns an AuthorizerDescription based on the first instance of a deployed AuthorizerMBean (or the first AuthorizerMBean, if none was found.)

Returns

default AuthorizerDescription

Throws

ProviderMgmtException

findProviderByName

public static AuthorizerDescription findProviderByName(String aDisplayName)
                                                throws ProviderMgmtException

Returns the configured SSPI authorizer with a matching display name.

Parameters

aDisplayName - The name entered at the WLS console when creating a new authorization provider.

Returns

AuthorizerDescription or null, if no matching provider found

Throws

ProviderMgmtException

findProviderByUniqueName

public static AuthorizerDescription findProviderByUniqueName(String aUniqueId)
                                                      throws ProviderMgmtException

Returns the configured SSPI authorization provider with a matching unique id which is the concatenation of display name and version number.

Parameters

aUniqueId - Concatenation of display name and version number

Returns

AuthorizerDescription or null, if no matching provider found

Throws

ProviderMgmtException

getProviderUniqueName

public static String getProviderUniqueName(String aDisplayName,
                                           String aVersion)

Returns unique id of the provider which is the concatenation of display name and version number.

Parameters

aDisplayName - The provider name

aVersion - The provider version

Returns

unique id

isMultiAuthorizersMode

public static boolean isMultiAuthorizersMode()

Returns an indication of whether multiple authorization providers have been configured.

Returns

True if more than one authorization provider is found, else false