Interface PermissionProvider

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    PermissionProviderLocal
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    DefaultPermissionProvider

    public interface PermissionProvider
    Provider for existing permission and permission groups.
    Author:
    Bogdan Stefanescu, Olivier Grisel
    • Method Detail

      • getPermissions

        String[] getPermissions()
        Returns:
        an array of a all registered permission names
      • getPermissionGroups

        String[] getPermissionGroups​(String perm)
        Parameters:
        perm - the name of a registered permissions that belongs to permission groups (aka compound permissions)
        Returns:
        an array of a all compound permissions 'perm' is a sub-permission of, directly or not ; returns null if 'perm' is not registered or if 'perm' does not belong to any compound permission
      • getUserVisiblePermissionDescriptors

        List<UserVisiblePermission> getUserVisiblePermissionDescriptors()
        Returns:
        get the sorted list of UserVisiblePermission objects to be used in the permission management screen of the UI (be it web based, a rich client or any-thing else)
      • getUserVisiblePermissionDescriptors

        List<UserVisiblePermission> getUserVisiblePermissionDescriptors​(String typeName)
        Parameters:
        typeName - the name of a Core type of the document whose ACP is to be edited by the user
        Returns:
        get the sorted list of UserVisiblePermission objects to be used in the permission management screen of the UI (be it web based, a rich client or any-thing else) ; if no specific permissions are registered for typeName, the default list is returned
      • getSubPermissions

        String[] getSubPermissions​(String perm)
        Parameters:
        perm - the name of a registered compound permission
        Returns:
        the list of permission names of sub-permissions of 'perm'
      • getAliasPermissions

        String[] getAliasPermissions​(String perm)
        Parameters:
        perm - the name of a registered permission
        Returns:
        the list of alias permissions to 'perm'