org.restlet.security

Class Role

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.security.Role

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal

public class Role
extends Object
implements Principal

Application specific role. Common examples are "administrator", "user", "anonymous", "supervisor". Note that for reusability purpose, it is recommended that those role don't reflect an actual organization, but more the functional requirements of your application. Two roles are considered equals if they belong to the same parent application and have the same name and child roles. The description isn't used for equality assessment. Since version 2.2, they don't need to be the same Java objects anymore. In order to prevent the multiplication of equivalent Role instances, you should try to call Application.getRole(String) method.

Author:

Jerome Louvel, Tim Peierls

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Role	ALL Deprecated. To be removed as it is ambiguous, roles being specific to a given application.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Role() Default constructor.
Role(Application application, String name) Constructor.
Role(Application application, String name, String description) Constructor.
Role(String name) Deprecated. Use Role(Application, String) instead.
Role(String name, String description) Deprecated. Use Role(Application, String, String) instead.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
static Role	get(Application application, String name) Finds an existing role or creates a new one if needed.
static Role	get(Application application, String name, String description) Finds an existing role or creates a new one if needed.
Application	getApplication() Returns the parent application.
List<Role>	getChildRoles() Returns the modifiable list of child roles.
String	getDescription() Returns the description.
String	getName() Returns the name.
int	hashCode()
void	setApplication(Application application) Sets the parent application.
void	setChildRoles(List<Role> childRoles) Sets the modifiable list of child roles.
void	setDescription(String description) Sets the description.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ALL

@Deprecated
public static final Role ALL

Deprecated. To be removed as it is ambiguous, roles being specific to a given application.

Unmodifiable role that covers all existing roles. Its name is "*" by convention.

Constructor Detail

Role

public Role()

Default constructor. Note that the parent application is retrieved using the Application.getCurrent() method if available or is null.

Role

public Role(Application application,
    String name)

Constructor.

Parameters:

application - The parent application or null.

name - The name.

Role

public Role(Application application,
    String name,
    String description)

Constructor.

Parameters:

application - The parent application or null.

name - The name.

description - The description.

Role

@Deprecated
public Role(String name)

Deprecated. Use Role(Application, String) instead.

Constructor. Note that the parent application is retrieved using the Application.getCurrent() method.

Parameters:

name - The name.

Role

@Deprecated
public Role(String name,
               String description)

Deprecated. Use Role(Application, String, String) instead.

Constructor. Note that the parent application is retrieved using the Application.getCurrent() method.

Parameters:

name - The name.

description - The description.

Method Detail

get

public static Role get(Application application,
       String name)

Finds an existing role or creates a new one if needed. Note that a null description will be set if the role has to be created.

Parameters:

application - The parent application.

name - The role name to find or create.

Returns:

The role found or created.

get

public static Role get(Application application,
       String name,
       String description)

Finds an existing role or creates a new one if needed.

Parameters:

application - The parent application.

name - The role name to find or create.

description - The role description if one needs to be created.

Returns:

The role found or created.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Specified by:

equals in interface Principal

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getApplication

public Application getApplication()

Returns the parent application.

Returns:

The parent application.

getChildRoles

public List<Role> getChildRoles()

Returns the modifiable list of child roles.

Returns:

The modifiable list of child roles.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns the description.

Returns:

The description.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name.

Specified by:

getName in interface Principal

Returns:

The name.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Principal

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

setApplication

public void setApplication(Application application)

Sets the parent application.

Parameters:

application - The parent application.

setChildRoles

public void setChildRoles(List<Role> childRoles)

Sets the modifiable list of child roles. This method clears the current list and adds all entries in the parameter list.

Parameters:

childRoles - A list of child roles.

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

Sets the description.

Parameters:

description - The description.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name.

Parameters:

name - The name.

toString

public String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Object