org.apache.manifoldcf.authorities.interfaces
Interface IAuthorityConnector

All Superinterfaces:

IConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseAuthorityConnector

public interface IAuthorityConnector
extends IConnector

An authority connector supplies an ACL of some kind for a given user. This is necessary so that the search UI can find the documents that can be legally seen. An instance of this interface provides this functionality. Authority connector instances are pooled, so that session setup does not need to be done repeatedly. The pool is segregated by specific sets of configuration parameters.

Method Summary

AuthorizationResponse	getAuthorizationResponse(java.lang.String userName) Obtain the access tokens for a given user name.
AuthorizationResponse	getDefaultAuthorizationResponse(java.lang.String userName) Obtain the default access tokens for a given user name.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.manifoldcf.core.interfaces.IConnector

check, clearThreadContext, connect, deinstall, disconnect, getConfiguration, install, outputConfigurationBody, outputConfigurationHeader, poll, processConfigurationPost, setThreadContext, viewConfiguration

Method Detail

getAuthorizationResponse

AuthorizationResponse getAuthorizationResponse(java.lang.String userName)
                                               throws ManifoldCFException

Obtain the access tokens for a given user name.

Parameters:

userName - is the user name or identifier.

Returns:

the response tokens (according to the current authority). (Should throws an exception only when a condition cannot be properly described within the authorization response object.)

Throws:

ManifoldCFException

getDefaultAuthorizationResponse

AuthorizationResponse getDefaultAuthorizationResponse(java.lang.String userName)

Obtain the default access tokens for a given user name.

Parameters:

userName - is the user name or identifier.

Returns:

the default response tokens, presuming that the connect method fails.