com.epicentric.permission
Class PermissionsManager

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

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 abstract class PermissionsManager

extends Object

Handles the storage and retrieval of PermissionContext objects, and performs maintenance operations over the Permission objects that exist in permanent storage. New PermissionContext objects should always be retrieved by the getPermissionContext() method of this class; they should not be instantiated directly. Each PermissionContext object is identified in permanent storage by a unique objectType/objectID pair. The getPermissionContext() method will create a new PermissionContext object if one does not already exist for the objectType/objectID pair that are passed as parameters.

Constructor Summary

PermissionsManager()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

abstract void	deleteGroup(String groupID) Deprecated. Purges all permissions relating to the group specified by groupID from permanent storage.
abstract void	deleteObject(String objectType, String objectID) Deprecated. Purges all permissions from a object specified by objectType and objectID from permanent storage.
static PermissionsManager	getInstance() Deprecated. Get the global instance of the PermissionsManager.
abstract PermissionContext	getPermissionContext(PermissionCatalog catalog, String objectType, String objectID) Deprecated. Retrieves a PermissionContext object from permanent storage based on the PermissionCatalog.
abstract void	savePermissionContext(PermissionContext context) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PermissionsManager

public PermissionsManager()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

getPermissionContext

public abstract PermissionContext getPermissionContext(PermissionCatalog catalog,
                                                       String objectType,
                                                       String objectID)

Deprecated.

Retrieves a PermissionContext object from permanent storage based on the PermissionCatalog. Creates a new one if it doesn't exist.

deleteObject

public abstract void deleteObject(String objectType,
                                  String objectID)

Deprecated.

Purges all permissions from a object specified by objectType and objectID from permanent storage.

deleteGroup

public abstract void deleteGroup(String groupID)

Deprecated.

Purges all permissions relating to the group specified by groupID from permanent storage.

getInstance

public static PermissionsManager getInstance()

Deprecated.

Get the global instance of the PermissionsManager.

savePermissionContext

public abstract void savePermissionContext(PermissionContext context)

Deprecated.