org.osid.authorization.rules

Interface AuthorizationEnablerRuleApplicationSession

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable, OsidSession

public interface AuthorizationEnablerRuleApplicationSession
extends OsidSession

This session provides methods to apply AuthorizationEnablers to Authorizations. An Authorization with multiple AuthorizationEnablers means any positive rule evaluation across the enablers result in an effective Authorization.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	assignAuthorizationEnablerToAuthorization(Id authorizationEnablerId, Id authorizationId) Adds an existing AuthorizationEnabler to an Authorization.
boolean	canAssignAuthorizationEnablers() Tests if this user can alter authorization enabler/authorization mappings.
boolean	canSequenceAuthorizationEnablers() Tests if this user can order AuthorizationEnablers.
Vault	getVault() Gets the Vault associated with this session.
Id	getVaultId() Gets the Vault Id associated with this session.
void	moveAuthorizationEnablerAhead(Id authorizationEnablerId, Id authorizationId, Id referenceId) Reorders authorization enablers for an authorization by moving the specified authorization enabler in front of a reference authorization enabler.
void	moveAuthorizationEnablerBehind(Id authorizationEnablerId, Id authorizationId, Id referenceId) Reorders authorization enablers for an authorization by moving the specified authorization enabler behind a reference authorization enabler.
void	orderAuthorizationEnablers(Id[] authorizationEnablerIds, Id authorizationId) Reorders a set of authorization enablers for an authorization.
void	unassignAuthorizationEnablerFromAuthorization(Id authorizationEnablerId, Id authorizationId) Removes an AuthorizationEnabler from an Authorization.

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.OsidSession

getAuthenticatedAgent, getAuthenticatedAgentId, getClockRate, getDate, getEffectiveAgent, getEffectiveAgentId, getFormatType, getLocale, isAuthenticated, startTransaction, supportsTransactions

Methods inherited from interface org.osid.binding.java.OsidSession

close

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

getVaultId

Id getVaultId()

Gets the Vault Id associated with this session.

Returns:

the Vault Id associated with this session

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

getVault

Vault getVault()
               throws OperationFailedException,
                      PermissionDeniedException

Gets the Vault associated with this session.

Returns:

the vault

Throws:

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canAssignAuthorizationEnablers

boolean canAssignAuthorizationEnablers()

Tests if this user can alter authorization enabler/authorization mappings. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known mapping methods in this session will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer lookup operations to unauthorized users.

Returns:

false if mapping is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

assignAuthorizationEnablerToAuthorization

void assignAuthorizationEnablerToAuthorization(Id authorizationEnablerId,
                                             Id authorizationId)
                                               throws AlreadyExistsException,
                                                      NotFoundException,
                                                      OperationFailedException,
                                                      PermissionDeniedException

Adds an existing AuthorizationEnabler to an Authorization.

Parameters:

authorizationEnablerId - the Id of the AuthorizationEnabler

authorizationId - the Id of the Authorization

Throws:

AlreadyExistsException - authorizationEnablerId already assigned to authorizationId

NotFoundException - authorizationEnablerId or authorizationId not found

NullArgumentException - authorizationEnablerId or authorizationId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

unassignAuthorizationEnablerFromAuthorization

void unassignAuthorizationEnablerFromAuthorization(Id authorizationEnablerId,
                                                 Id authorizationId)
                                                   throws NotFoundException,
                                                          OperationFailedException,
                                                          PermissionDeniedException

Removes an AuthorizationEnabler from an Authorization.

Parameters:

authorizationEnablerId - the Id of the AuthorizationEnabler

authorizationId - the Id of the Authorization

Throws:

NotFoundException - authorizationEnablerId or authorizationId not found or not mapped

NullArgumentException - authorizationEnablerId or authorizationId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

canSequenceAuthorizationEnablers

boolean canSequenceAuthorizationEnablers()

Tests if this user can order AuthorizationEnablers. A return of true does not guarantee successful authorization. A return of false indicates that it is known sequencing operations will result in a PERMISSION_DENIED. This is intended as a hint to an application that may opt not to offer sequencing operations to an unauthorized user.

Returns:

false if AuthorizationEnabler ordering is not authorized, true otherwise

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveAuthorizationEnablerAhead

void moveAuthorizationEnablerAhead(Id authorizationEnablerId,
                                 Id authorizationId,
                                 Id referenceId)
                                   throws NotFoundException,
                                          OperationFailedException,
                                          PermissionDeniedException

Reorders authorization enablers for an authorization by moving the specified authorization enabler in front of a reference authorization enabler.

Parameters:

authorizationEnablerId - the Id of an AuthorizationEnabler

authorizationId - the Id of an Authorization

referenceId - the reference authorization enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - authorizationEnablerId, authorizationId, or referenceId not found or, authorizationEnablerId or referenceId not related to authorizationId

NullArgumentException - authorizationEnablerId, authorizationId, or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

moveAuthorizationEnablerBehind

void moveAuthorizationEnablerBehind(Id authorizationEnablerId,
                                  Id authorizationId,
                                  Id referenceId)
                                    throws NotFoundException,
                                           OperationFailedException,
                                           PermissionDeniedException

Reorders authorization enablers for an authorization by moving the specified authorization enabler behind a reference authorization enabler.

Parameters:

authorizationEnablerId - the Id of an AuthorizationEnabler

authorizationId - the Id of an Authorization

referenceId - the reference authorization enabler Id

Throws:

NotFoundException - authorizationEnabelrId, authorizationId, or referenceId not found or, authorizationEnablerId or referenceId not related to authorizationId

NullArgumentException - authorizationEnablerId, authorizationId, or referenceId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.

orderAuthorizationEnablers

void orderAuthorizationEnablers(Id[] authorizationEnablerIds,
                              Id authorizationId)
                                throws NotFoundException,
                                       OperationFailedException,
                                       PermissionDeniedException

Reorders a set of authorization enablers for an authorization.

Parameters:

authorizationEnablerIds - the Ids for a set of AuthorizationEnablers

authorizationId - the Id of an Authorization

Throws:

NotFoundException - authorizationId not found or, an authorizationEnablerId not related to authorizationId

NullArgumentException - authorizationEnablerIds or authorizationId is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.