org.acegisecurity.acl

Interface AclManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AclProviderManager

public interface AclManager

Obtains the AclEntry instances that apply to a particular domain object instance.

Version:

$Id: AclManager.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $

Author:

Ben Alex

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AclEntry[]	getAcls(Object domainInstance) Obtains the ACLs that apply to the specified domain instance.
AclEntry[]	getAcls(Object domainInstance, Authentication authentication) Obtains the ACLs that apply to the specified domain instance, but only including those ACLs which have been granted to the presented Authentication object

Method Detail

getAcls

AclEntry[] getAcls(Object domainInstance)

Obtains the ACLs that apply to the specified domain instance.

Parameters:

domainInstance - the instance for which ACL information is required (never null)

Returns:

the ACLs that apply, or null if no ACLs apply to the specified domain instance

getAcls

AclEntry[] getAcls(Object domainInstance,
                   Authentication authentication)

Obtains the ACLs that apply to the specified domain instance, but only including those ACLs which have been granted to the presented Authentication object

Parameters:

domainInstance - the instance for which ACL information is required (never null)

authentication - the prncipal for which ACL information should be filtered (never null)

Returns:

only those ACLs applying to the domain instance that have been granted to the principal (or null) if no such ACLs are found