org.osid.authentication.process

Interface Trust

All Superinterfaces:

Browsable, Extensible, Identifiable, OsidObject

public interface Trust
extends OsidObject

Trust represents the level of confidence in an authentication. An Authentication OSID Provider may issue different Agents based on the authentication mechanism. Trust is a grouping of Agent "types" that can be inferred as equivalent from an authorization point of view.

The relationship among Agents and Trust is not explicity managed but understood by an Authentication OSID Provider when orchestration to an Authorization OSID Provider is desired.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TrustRecord	getTrustRecord(Type trustRecordType) Gets the trust record corresponding to the given trust record Type.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Method Detail

getTrustRecord

TrustRecord getTrustRecord(Type trustRecordType)
                           throws OperationFailedException,
                                  PermissionDeniedException

Gets the trust record corresponding to the given trust record Type. This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested. The trustRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(trustRecordType) is true .

Parameters:

trustRecordType - the type of trust record to retrieve

Returns:

the trust record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - trustRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(trustRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.