gr.uoa.di.driver.enabling.a2

Interface A2Wrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

A2WrapperImpl

public interface A2Wrapper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	authenticateService(String certificate) Authenticates a DRIVER service
String	authenticateUser(String email, String password) Authenticates a DRIVER user.
boolean	authorizeAction(String resource, String action, String contextId) Requests authorization for a given action.
String	createSecurityContextChain(String contextIdA, String contextIdB) Chains 2 security contexts.
void	invalidate(String contextId) Invalidates the given security context.

Method Detail

authenticateUser

String authenticateUser(String email,
                        String password)
                 throws eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

Authenticates a DRIVER user.

Parameters:

email -

password -

Returns:

The security context id of the user or null if the authentication fails

Throws:

eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

authenticateService

String authenticateService(String certificate)
                    throws eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

Authenticates a DRIVER service

Parameters:

certificate -

Returns:

The security context id of the service or null if the authentication fails

Throws:

eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

authorizeAction

boolean authorizeAction(String resource,
                        String action,
                        String contextId)
                 throws eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

Requests authorization for a given action. Resources and actions are defined in the security policies that must have been to AAS prior to these call

Parameters:

resource -

action -

contextId -

Returns:

true if the action is authorized, false otherwise.

Throws:

eu.dnetlib.api.enabling.A2ServiceException

invalidate

void invalidate(String contextId)

Invalidates the given security context.

Parameters:

contextId - the id of the context to invalidate.

createSecurityContextChain

String createSecurityContextChain(String contextIdA,
                                  String contextIdB)

Chains 2 security contexts.

Parameters:

contextIdA -

contextIdB -

Returns:

the security context chain