issrg.pba.management.agent.managed
Interface ManagedPolicyFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

ManagedRepositoryACPolicyFinder, ManagedSimplePERMISPolicyFinder

public interface ManagedPolicyFinder

policy finder interface for the managed PERMIS engine. this interface specifies the functionality that a ManagedPolicyFinder must implement, and acts as a marker.

a Managed PolicyFinder must implement this interface.

Version:

0.2.2008.02.24

Author:

mfb4@kent.ac.uk

Method Summary

java.security.Principal	getPrincipalSOA() Source of Authority.
java.lang.String	updatePolicy(AttributeRepository attributeRepository, java.lang.String policyName) This method is implemented by a managed policy finder.

Method Detail

getPrincipalSOA

java.security.Principal getPrincipalSOA()

Source of Authority. Representing the owner of the policy.

Returns:

the principal object representing the SOA.

updatePolicy

java.lang.String updatePolicy(AttributeRepository attributeRepository,
                              java.lang.String policyName)
                              throws PbaException

This method is implemented by a managed policy finder. and will replace the existing policy with a new one found in the repository. if all goes well than is returned.

Parameters:

attributeRepository - used to locate or contains the policy.

policyName - the unique policy name.

Returns:

a response code indicating the success of the update.

Throws:

PbaException - if the policy update failed.