org.wso2.carbon.user.api
Interface AuthorizationManager

public interface AuthorizationManager

Method Summary

void	authorizeRole(String roleName, String resourceId, String action) Grants authorizes to a role to perform an action on a resource.
void	authorizeUser(String userName, String resourceId, String action) Deprecated.
void	clearResourceAuthorizations(String resourceId) Deletes all granted authorization on a resource.
void	clearRoleActionOnAllResources(String roleName, String action) Deletes the role's right to perform the action on all resources.
void	clearRoleAuthorization(String roleName) Used when deleting roles.
void	clearRoleAuthorization(String roleName, String resourceId, String action) Deletes an already granted authorization of a role.
void	clearUserAuthorization(String userName) Deprecated.
void	clearUserAuthorization(String userName, String resourceId, String action) Deprecated.
void	denyRole(String roleName, String resourceId, String action) Deny authorizations to a role to perform an action on a resource.
void	denyUser(String userName, String resourceId, String action) Deprecated.
String[]	getAllowedRolesForResource(String resourceId, String action) Retrieves a list of roles allowed to perform the given action on the resource
String[]	getAllowedUIResourcesForUser(String userName, String permissionRootPath) Returns the complete set of UI resources allowed for User.
String[]	getDeniedRolesForResource(String resourceId, String action) Retrieves a list of roles that are not allowed to perform the given action on the resource
String[]	getExplicitlyAllowedUsersForResource(String resourceId, String action) Deprecated.
String[]	getExplicitlyDeniedUsersForResource(String resourceId, String action) Deprecated.
int	getTenantId() This will get the tenant id associated with the user authorization manager
boolean	isRoleAuthorized(String roleName, String resourceId, String action) Checks for role authorization.
boolean	isUserAuthorized(String userName, String resourceId, String action) Checks for user authorization.
void	resetPermissionOnUpdateRole(String roleName, String newRoleName) This will reset the permission of the renamed role

Method Detail

isUserAuthorized

boolean isUserAuthorized(String userName,
                         String resourceId,
                         String action)
                         throws UserStoreException

Checks for user authorization. Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

userName - The user name

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action user is trying to perform

Returns:

Returns true when user is authorized to perform the action on the resource and false otherwise.

Throws:

UserStoreException

isRoleAuthorized

boolean isRoleAuthorized(String roleName,
                         String resourceId,
                         String action)
                         throws UserStoreException

Checks for role authorization.

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action the role is trying to perform

Returns:

Returns true when the role is authorized to perform the action on the resource and false otherwise

Throws:

UserStoreException

getExplicitlyAllowedUsersForResource

String[] getExplicitlyAllowedUsersForResource(String resourceId,
                                              String action)
                                              throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Retrieves a list of users allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Parameters:

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action that is allowed to perform

Returns:

Returns a list of users allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Throws:

UserStoreException

getAllowedRolesForResource

String[] getAllowedRolesForResource(String resourceId,
                                    String action)
                                    throws UserStoreException

Retrieves a list of roles allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Parameters:

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action that is allowed to perform

Returns:

Returns a list of roles allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Throws:

UserStoreException

getDeniedRolesForResource

String[] getDeniedRolesForResource(String resourceId,
                                   String action)
                                   throws UserStoreException

Retrieves a list of roles that are not allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Parameters:

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action that is allowed to perform

Returns:

Returns a list of roles allowed to perform the given action on the resource

Throws:

UserStoreException

getExplicitlyDeniedUsersForResource

String[] getExplicitlyDeniedUsersForResource(String resourceId,
                                             String action)
                                             throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Retrieves a list of users explicitly denied access to a resource. Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

resourceId - Resource Id String

action - The action that is disallowed to perform

Returns:

Throws:

UserStoreException

authorizeUser

void authorizeUser(String userName,
                   String resourceId,
                   String action)
                   throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Grants authorizations to a user to perform an action on a resource. Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

userName - The user name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted to the user

Throws:

UserStoreException

authorizeRole

void authorizeRole(String roleName,
                   String resourceId,
                   String action)
                   throws UserStoreException

Grants authorizes to a role to perform an action on a resource.

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted to the role

Throws:

UserStoreException

denyUser

void denyUser(String userName,
              String resourceId,
              String action)
              throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Deny authorizations to a user to perform an action on a resource. Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

userName - The user name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted to the user

Throws:

UserStoreException

denyRole

void denyRole(String roleName,
              String resourceId,
              String action)
              throws UserStoreException

Deny authorizations to a role to perform an action on a resource.

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted to the role

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearUserAuthorization

void clearUserAuthorization(String userName,
                            String resourceId,
                            String action)
                            throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Deletes an already granted authorization of a user. Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

userName - The user name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearUserAuthorization

void clearUserAuthorization(String userName)
                            throws UserStoreException

Deprecated.

Users do not have permissions in future. Only roles can have permissions

Parameters:

userName - The user name

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearRoleAuthorization

void clearRoleAuthorization(String roleName,
                            String resourceId,
                            String action)
                            throws UserStoreException

Deletes an already granted authorization of a role.

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

resourceId - Resource identification string

action - The action granted

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearRoleActionOnAllResources

void clearRoleActionOnAllResources(String roleName,
                                   String action)
                                   throws UserStoreException

Deletes the role's right to perform the action on all resources.

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

action - The action granted

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearRoleAuthorization

void clearRoleAuthorization(String roleName)
                            throws UserStoreException

Used when deleting roles.

Parameters:

roleName -

Throws:

UserStoreException

clearResourceAuthorizations

void clearResourceAuthorizations(String resourceId)
                                 throws UserStoreException

Deletes all granted authorization on a resource.

Parameters:

resourceId - Resource identification string

Throws:

UserStoreException

getAllowedUIResourcesForUser

String[] getAllowedUIResourcesForUser(String userName,
                                      String permissionRootPath)
                                      throws UserStoreException

Returns the complete set of UI resources allowed for User.

Parameters:

userName -

Returns:

Throws:

UserStoreException

getTenantId

int getTenantId()
                throws UserStoreException

This will get the tenant id associated with the user authorization manager

Returns:

the tenant id of the authorization manager

Throws:

UserStoreException - if the operation failed

resetPermissionOnUpdateRole

void resetPermissionOnUpdateRole(String roleName,
                                 String newRoleName)
                                 throws UserStoreException

This will reset the permission of the renamed role

Parameters:

roleName - The role name

newRoleName - The new role name

Throws:

UserStoreException