SecurityService


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43   * $Id: SecurityService.java 1096 2004-03-26 21:41:16Z dblevins $
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45  package org.openejb.spi;
46  
47  
48  public interface SecurityService extends Service{
49      
50     /**
51      * Check if securityIdentity is authorized to perform the specified action. 
52      * This is currently used by OpenEJB to check if a caller is authorized to 
53      * to assume at least one of a collection of roles, the roles authorized for 
54      * a particular method of a particular deployment.
55      */   
56      public boolean isCallerAuthorized(Object   securityIdentity,String   [] roleNames);
57  
58      /**
59      * Attempts to convert an opaque securityIdentity to a concrete target type.
60      * This is currently used to obtain an java.security.Princiapl type which
61      * must be returned by OpenEJB when a bean invokes EJBContext.getCallerPrincipal().
62      * Conversion to a Principal type must be supported.
63      *
64      * It may also be used by JCX connectors to obtain the JAAS Subject of the caller,
65      * support for translation to Subject type is currently optional.
66      *
67      */
68      public Object   translateTo(Object   securityIdentity, Class   type);
69      
70      /*
71       * Associates a security identity object with the current thread. Setting 
72       * this argument to null, will effectively dissociate the thread with a
73       * security identity.  This is used when access enterprise beans through 
74       * the global JNDI name space. Its not used when calling invoke on a 
75       * RpcContainer object.
76      */
77      public void setSecurityIdentity(Object   securityIdentity);
78      
79      /*
80      * Obtains the security identity associated with the current thread.
81      * If there is no association, then null is returned. 
82      */
83      public Object   getSecurityIdentity( );
84  }
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