org.acegisecurity
Class ConfigAttributeDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.acegisecurity.ConfigAttributeDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ConfigAttributeDefinition
extends Object
implements Serializable

Holds a group of ConfigAttributes that are associated with a given secure object target.

All the ConfigAttributeDefinitions associated with a given AbstractSecurityInterceptor are stored in an ObjectDefinitionSource.

Version:

$Id: ConfigAttributeDefinition.java,v 1.7 2005/11/17 00:55:49 benalex Exp $

Author:

Ben Alex

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ConfigAttributeDefinition()

Method Summary

void	addConfigAttribute(ConfigAttribute newConfigAttribute) Adds a ConfigAttribute that is related to the secure object method.
boolean	contains(ConfigAttribute configAttribute) Indicates whether the specified ConfigAttribute is contained within this ConfigAttributeDefinition.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Iterator	getConfigAttributes() Returns an Iterator over all the ConfigAttributes defined by this ConfigAttributeDefinition.
int	size() Returns the number of ConfigAttributes defined by this ConfigAttributeDefinition.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigAttributeDefinition

public ConfigAttributeDefinition()

Method Detail

getConfigAttributes

public Iterator getConfigAttributes()

Returns an Iterator over all the ConfigAttributes defined by this ConfigAttributeDefinition.

Allows AccessDecisionManagers and other classes to loop through every configuration attribute associated with a target secure object.

Returns:

all the configuration attributes stored by the instance, or null if an Iterator is unavailable

addConfigAttribute

public void addConfigAttribute(ConfigAttribute newConfigAttribute)

Adds a ConfigAttribute that is related to the secure object method.

Parameters:

newConfigAttribute - the new configuration attribute to add

contains

public boolean contains(ConfigAttribute configAttribute)

Indicates whether the specified ConfigAttribute is contained within this ConfigAttributeDefinition.

Parameters:

configAttribute - the attribute to locate

Returns:

true if the specified ConfigAttribute is contained, false otherwise

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

size

public int size()

Returns the number of ConfigAttributes defined by this ConfigAttributeDefinition.

Returns:

the number of ConfigAttributes contained

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object