uk.org.ogsadai.service.authorization
Class NullAuthorizer

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.org.ogsadai.service.authorization.NullAuthorizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

AccessAuthorizer

public class NullAuthorizer

extends java.lang.Object

implements AccessAuthorizer

A dummy implementation of the AccessAuthorizer interface which authorizes access to all resources within any context.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Team.

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE Copyright statement

Constructor Summary

NullAuthorizer()
Construct a new authorizer.

NullAuthorizer(java.lang.String config)
Construct a new authorizer.

Method Summary

boolean	authorizeActivity(java.lang.String resourceID, Activity activity, SecurityContext context) Always returns true.
boolean	authorizeResource(java.lang.String resource, SecurityContext context) Always returns true.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

Copyright statement

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NullAuthorizer

public NullAuthorizer()

Construct a new authorizer.

NullAuthorizer

public NullAuthorizer(java.lang.String config)

Construct a new authorizer. The configuration string is ignored.

Parameters:

config - configuration parameter

Method Detail

authorizeResource

public boolean authorizeResource(java.lang.String resource,
                                 SecurityContext context)

Always returns true.

Specified by:

authorizeResource in interface AccessAuthorizer

Parameters:

resource - resource to be accessed

context - security context of the request

Returns:

boolean indicating whether the resource can be accessed within the given security context.

authorizeActivity

public boolean authorizeActivity(java.lang.String resourceID,
                                 Activity activity,
                                 SecurityContext context)

Always returns true.

Specified by:

authorizeActivity in interface AccessAuthorizer

Parameters:

resourceID - resource identifier

activity - activity object to be accessed

context - context of the request

Returns:

boolean value indicating whether access has been granted or denied.