net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.security

Interface AccessControl

All Known Implementing Classes:

IPRangeAccessControl

public interface AccessControl

A policy that evaluates a ServletRequest and determines whether access to a named resource should be granted.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkAccess(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, String operation, String resource) Determine whether the request to the resource should be granted.

Method Detail

checkAccess

boolean checkAccess(@Nonnull
                  javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                  @Nullable
                  String operation,
                  @Nullable
                  String resource)

Determine whether the request to the resource should be granted.

Parameters:

request - request to check

operation - operation being performed

resource - target resource

Returns:

true iff access should be granted