kaos.core.csi.policy
Interface PolicyChecking

All Superinterfaces:

AuthorizationPolicyDisclosure, ObligationPolicyDisclosure

All Known Implementing Classes:

PolicyCheckingImpl

public interface PolicyChecking
extends AuthorizationPolicyDisclosure, ObligationPolicyDisclosure

Defines the operations to check permissions, get obligations, analyze policies, etc.

Method Summary

void	checkPermission(java.lang.String actorID, java.lang.String attemptedActionName, java.util.HashMap actionProperties) The method check if the given action is permitted according to the current set of policies.

Methods inherited from interface kaos.policy.query.AuthorizationPolicyDisclosure

checkPermission, getAllowableValuesForActionProperties, getAllowableValuesForActionProperties, getAllowableValuesForActionProperty, getPoliciesForActionType

Methods inherited from interface kaos.policy.query.ObligationPolicyDisclosure

getObligationsForTriggerCondition

Method Detail

checkPermission

void checkPermission(java.lang.String actorID,
                     java.lang.String attemptedActionName,
                     java.util.HashMap actionProperties)
                     throws KAoSSecurityException,
                            java.lang.NullPointerException,
                            ServiceFailure

The method check if the given action is permitted according to the current set of policies.

Parameters:

actorID - String containing the id of the policy actor.

attemptedActionName - String containing the ontological name of the attempted action.

actionProperties - HashMap containing the ontological names and their values of properties of the attempted action.

Throws:

KAoSSecurityException - if the action is not allowed.

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the Permission argument is null.

ServiceFailure - if the policy service is not available.