org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user
Interface Impersonation
public interface Impersonation
The Impersonation
maintains Principals that are allowed to
impersonate. Principals can be added or removed using
grantImpersonation(Principal)
and
revokeImpersonation(Principal)
, respectively.
- See Also:
User.getImpersonation()
getImpersonators
PrincipalIterator getImpersonators()
throws RepositoryException
- Returns:
- An iterator over the
Principal
s that are allowed
to impersonate the User
this Impersonation
object has been created for.
- Throws:
RepositoryException
grantImpersonation
boolean grantImpersonation(Principal principal)
throws RepositoryException
- Parameters:
principal
- The principal that should be allowed to impersonate
the User
this Impersonation
has been built for.
- Returns:
- true if the specified
Principal
has not been allowed
to impersonate before and if impersonation has been successfully
granted to it, false otherwise.
- Throws:
RepositoryException
revokeImpersonation
boolean revokeImpersonation(Principal principal)
throws RepositoryException
- Parameters:
principal
-
- Returns:
- If the granted impersonation has been successfully revoked for
the given principal; false otherwise.
- Throws:
RepositoryException
allows
boolean allows(Subject subject)
throws RepositoryException
- Test if the given subject (i.e. any of the principals it contains) is
allowed to impersonate.
- Parameters:
subject
- to impersonate.
- Returns:
- true if this
Impersonation
allows the specified
Subject to impersonate.
- Throws:
RepositoryException
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