gov.lanl.RAD.Impl
Class PolicyHolderEnforcer

java.lang.Object
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public class PolicyHolderEnforcer

extends java.lang.Object

Maintains policies corresponding to policynames. It obtains the policies attached to an operation and the one attached to the specific resourceName Also contains logic to decide whether policies are satisfied by user attributes

Field Summary

java.util.Hashtable

Policies Hashtable containing the Policies attached to a resource Name

Constructor Summary

PolicyHolderEnforcer(java.lang.String policyFile)
creates a new Hashtable to store policyname-policy pairs

Method Summary

boolean	access_allowed(java.util.Vector rights, java.lang.String resource_names, java.lang.String operation, java.lang.String policyName)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv) used to test PolicyHolderEnforcer
void	readPolicies(java.lang.String fileName) Reads policyname-policy pairs from input file name and stores them in Hashtable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Policies

public java.util.Hashtable Policies

Hashtable containing the Policies attached to a resource Name

Constructor Detail

PolicyHolderEnforcer

public PolicyHolderEnforcer(java.lang.String policyFile)

creates a new Hashtable to store policyname-policy pairs

Method Detail

readPolicies

public void readPolicies(java.lang.String fileName)

Reads policyname-policy pairs from input file name and stores them in Hashtable

Parameters:

fileName - file containing policyname-policy pairs in XML format

access_allowed

public boolean access_allowed(java.util.Vector rights,
                              java.lang.String resource_names,
                              java.lang.String operation,
                              java.lang.String policyName)

Parameters:

rights - Vector containing effective rights of the user

resource_names - resource for which access decision is to be made

operation - states what the resource is going to be used for

policyName - determines which policy should be checked

Returns:

access decision

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)

used to test PolicyHolderEnforcer