com.epicentric.permission
Class PermissionUtils

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.epicentric.permission.PermissionUtils

Deprecated. As of version 4.0, to be removed in 8.0 or later; replaced by a new permissioning system, described in the section on permissions checking in Vignette Portal Developer's Guide.

public class PermissionUtils

extends Object

Static utility methods to determine whether a particular user has a particular permission on a particular object. The object must implement PermissionContextOwner.

See Also:

PermissionContextOwner

Field Summary

static String

EVERYONE_GROUP Deprecated. String identifier for Everyone Group.

Constructor Summary

PermissionUtils()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

static com.sun.java.util.collections.Set	getGroupsForUser(User user, UserGroupManager user_group_manager) Deprecated. Returns all the groups that the user is a member of, is an admin for, and all of those groups' descendants
static Enumeration	getPermittedItems(User user, String permissionID, Enumeration all_items) Deprecated. Given an Enumeration of objects that implement the PermissionContextOwner interface, this method returns an Enumeration of the objects that the user has permissions over (using the permission passed in the "permissionID" string).
static boolean	isAdminPermission(String perm) Deprecated. Checks to see if given permission is an Administrative permission
static boolean	isPermitted(User user, String permissionID, PermissionContextOwner item) Deprecated. Checks a PermissionContextOwner object to see if this user has a specified permission over that object - the owner of an object implicitly has all permissions over it whether they have been explicitly set or not.
static boolean	isPermittedIgnoreOwner(User user, String permissionID, PermissionContextOwner item) Deprecated. Checks a PermissionContextOwner object to see if this user has a specified permission over that object - this method ignores item ownership.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EVERYONE_GROUP

public static final String EVERYONE_GROUP

Deprecated.

String identifier for Everyone Group.

Constructor Detail

PermissionUtils

public PermissionUtils()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

getPermittedItems

public static Enumeration getPermittedItems(User user,
                                            String permissionID,
                                            Enumeration all_items)

Deprecated.

Given an Enumeration of objects that implement the PermissionContextOwner interface, this method returns an Enumeration of the objects that the user has permissions over (using the permission passed in the "permissionID" string).

isPermitted

public static boolean isPermitted(User user,
                                  String permissionID,
                                  PermissionContextOwner item)

Deprecated.

Checks a PermissionContextOwner object to see if this user has a specified permission over that object - the owner of an object implicitly has all permissions over it whether they have been explicitly set or not.

isPermittedIgnoreOwner

public static boolean isPermittedIgnoreOwner(User user,
                                             String permissionID,
                                             PermissionContextOwner item)

Deprecated.

Checks a PermissionContextOwner object to see if this user has a specified permission over that object - this method ignores item ownership.

getGroupsForUser

public static com.sun.java.util.collections.Set getGroupsForUser(User user,
                                                                 UserGroupManager user_group_manager)

Deprecated.

Returns all the groups that the user is a member of, is an admin for, and all of those groups' descendants

isAdminPermission

public static boolean isAdminPermission(String perm)

Deprecated.

Checks to see if given permission is an Administrative permission

Parameters:

perm - the permission string to check

Returns:

true if perm is an admin permission, false if it is not