Interface Role

All Known Implementing Classes:

CacheRoleImpl

public interface Role

A role to permission mapping.

Since:

7.0

Author:

Tristan Tarrant

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()	A description for the role.
int	getMask()	Returns a pre-computed access mask which contains the permissions specified by this role
String	getName()	Returns the name of this role
Collection<AuthorizationPermission>	getPermissions()	Returns the list of permissions associated with this role
boolean	isImplicit()	If this role is part of the implicit authorization configuration
boolean	isInheritable()	Whether this role can be implicitly inherited.
static Role	newRole(String name, String description, boolean isImplicit, boolean inheritable, AuthorizationPermission... authorizationPermissions)

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this role

getPermissions

Collection<AuthorizationPermission> getPermissions()

Returns the list of permissions associated with this role

getMask

int getMask()

Returns a pre-computed access mask which contains the permissions specified by this role

isInheritable

boolean isInheritable()

Whether this role can be implicitly inherited.

getDescription

String getDescription()

A description for the role.

isImplicit

boolean isImplicit()

If this role is part of the implicit authorization configuration

newRole

static Role newRole(String name,
 String description,
 boolean isImplicit,
 boolean inheritable,
 AuthorizationPermission... authorizationPermissions)