Interface Authorization

All Superinterfaces:
io.vertx.lang.rx.RxDelegate
All Known Implementing Classes:
AndAuthorization, NotAuthorization, OrAuthorization, PermissionBasedAuthorization, RoleBasedAuthorization, WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization
public interface Authorization extends io.vertx.lang.rx.RxDelegate
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:

NOTE: This class has been automatically generated from the original non RX-ified interface using Vert.x codegen.

  • Method Details

    • getDelegate

      Authorization getDelegate()
      Specified by:
      getDelegate in interface io.vertx.lang.rx.RxDelegate

    • match

      boolean match(AuthorizationContext context)
      this methods verifies whether or not the authorization match the specified context.
      Parameters:
      context - the context.
      Returns:
      true if there's a match.

    • verify

      boolean verify(Authorization authorization)
      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

      JsonObject toJson()

    • newInstance

      static Authorization newInstance(Authorization arg)