org.picketlink.http.authorization

Interface PathAuthorizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPathAuthorizer, ExpressionPathAuthorizer, GroupPathAuthorizer, RealmPathAuthorizer, RolePathAuthorizer

public interface PathAuthorizer

A PathAuthorizer is responsible to perform authorization checks for a specific PathConfiguration.

Author:

Pedro Igor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authorize(PathConfiguration pathConfiguration, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Performs an authorization check for a specific PathConfiguration considering an incoming HttpServletRequest.

Method Detail

authorize

boolean authorize(PathConfiguration pathConfiguration,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Performs an authorization check for a specific PathConfiguration considering an incoming HttpServletRequest.

Parameters:

pathConfiguration - The configuration associated with the given request.

request - The incoming request,

response - The response.

Returns:

True if the request is authorized to access the given path. Otherwise, returns false.