issrg.pba.rbac.policies
Interface Subtree

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComplexSubtree, DITSubtree, IntersectionSubtree, URLSubtree

public interface Subtree

This interface represents an abstraction of a Subtree for domain matching (subjects and targets). Subtrees contain entries. An entity matches a subtree specification, if its entry is contained in the subtree.

Examples of such subtrees are: LDAP DIT, HTTP URLs and a file system.

Method Summary

boolean

contains(Entry e) This method tells whether this Subtree contains the given Entry.

Method Detail

contains

boolean contains(Entry e)

This method tells whether this Subtree contains the given Entry.

Parameters:

e - - the Entry to check

Returns:

true, if the Entry is contained in the Subtree; false otherwise