ome.security.basic

Interface PrincipalHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

CurrentDetails

public interface PrincipalHolder

Stack of active Principal instances. As a user logs in, an empty context is created which must later be primed by the SecuritySystem in order to be operational.

See Also:

BasicSecuritySystem

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Principal	getLast() Get the last, i.e. currently active, principal.
void	login(BasicEventContext bec) Allow logging in directly with an event context.
void	login(Principal principal) Add a new principal context to the stack.
int	logout() Pop the last created principal context and return the number of active contexts remaining.
int	size() Get the number of active principal contexts.

Method Detail

size

int size()

Get the number of active principal contexts.

Returns:

the number of active principals

getLast

Principal getLast()

Get the last, i.e. currently active, principal.

Returns:

the current principal

login

void login(Principal principal)

Add a new principal context to the stack.

Parameters:

principal - the principal to add

login

void login(BasicEventContext bec)

Allow logging in directly with an event context.

Parameters:

bec - the event context to use

logout

int logout()

Pop the last created principal context and return the number of active contexts remaining.

Returns:

the number of active principals after the logout