ants.core.security
Class Permission

java.lang.Object
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  +--ants.core.security.Permission

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdminPermission

public class Permission

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Describes an abstract permission, consisting of a string name and an optional set of actions from the set {read,write,execute}.

Author:

Andrew Whitaker

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Permission(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new permission with the given human-readable name and no actions.

Permission(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String actions)
Creates a permission with a set of actions.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Tests for exact equality: the name and actions must precisely match.
java.lang.String	getAction() Returns the actions as a human-readable string
java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	implies(Permission p) test whether this permission implies the given permission.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Permission

public Permission(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new permission with the given human-readable name and no actions. Names serve as unique keys.

Permission

public Permission(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.String actions)

Creates a permission with a set of actions. Actions are specified by passing an argument string consisting of a subset of {"read","write","execute"}. The actions must be lower-case. For example: new Permission ("Routing table","read write")

Method Detail

getAction

public java.lang.String getAction()

Returns the actions as a human-readable string

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

implies

public boolean implies(Permission p)

test whether this permission implies the given permission. For example, read/write implies the read permission. Names are case-insensitive.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Tests for exact equality: the name and actions must precisely match. Names are case-insensitive.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object