Authorization (Vert.x Stack - Docs 5.0.0.CR3 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AndAuthorization, NotAuthorization, OrAuthorization, PermissionBasedAuthorization, RoleBasedAuthorization, WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization
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public interface Authorization
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Interface representing any kind of authorization such as:
- Role based authorization
- Permission based authorization
- Logical authorization (AND, OR, NOT)
- Time based authorization (ie: allow access the last 5 days of the month, from 8am till 10am, etc.)
- Context based authorization (ie: allow access if the ip address is 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx')
- Custom based authorization (ie: based on a script or hard-coded code specific to an application)
- etc.
The following implementations are provided out of the box:
Author:

Stephane Bastian

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`match(AuthorizationContext context)`	this methods verifies whether or not the authorization match the specified context.
`default boolean`	`match(User user)`	this methods verifies whether or not the authorization match the specified user.
`default JsonObject`	`toJson()`
`boolean`	`verify(Authorization authorization)`	this method verifies whether or not the authorization implies the specified authorization.

- Method Detail
  - match
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boolean match(AuthorizationContext context)
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    this methods verifies whether or not the authorization match the specified context.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - the context.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there's a match.
  - match
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default boolean match(User user)
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    this methods verifies whether or not the authorization match the specified user. Internally a basic context is created with the user and the method delegates to match(AuthorizationContext)
    
    Parameters:
    
    user - the user.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there's a match
  - verify
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boolean verify(Authorization authorization)
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    this method verifies whether or not the authorization implies the specified authorization.
    Note that it doesn't always mean an exact match. For instance, in the case of a WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization, this method may return true even if the permissions are different
    WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization.create('*').verify(WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization.create('anypermission')) would return true
    
    Parameters:
    
    authorization - the authorization.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if implies the argument.
  - toJson
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default JsonObject toJson()
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