bees.core
Interface Authorizer

public interface Authorizer

Interface for applications that wish to handle authorization requests from protocols.

See Also:

AuthorizationCoroutine

Method Summary

CapabilityTree	authorize(CapabilityEnvelope requester, java.lang.String src, java.lang.String dst, byte[] auth) Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.authorize event.
void	beginExtendedManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce, TypeID sessionID) Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.beginExtendedManagement event.
void	beginManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce, TypeID sessionID) Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.beginManagement event.
void	endManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce, TypeID sessionID) Call back used to terminate management for the given protocol.

Method Detail

beginManagement

public void beginManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce,
                            TypeID sessionID)

Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.beginManagement event.

Parameters:

ce - An envelope containing the event channel of the requester.

sessionID - The protocol session identifier that wishes to be managed.

beginExtendedManagement

public void beginExtendedManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce,
                                    TypeID sessionID)

Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.beginExtendedManagement event.

Parameters:

ce - An envelope containing the event channel of the requester.

sessionID - The protocol session identifier that wishes to be managed.

endManagement

public void endManagement(CapabilityEnvelope ce,
                          TypeID sessionID)

Call back used to terminate management for the given protocol.

Parameters:

ce - An envelope containing the event channel of the requester.

sessionID - The protocol session identifier that wishes management to end.

authorize

public CapabilityTree authorize(CapabilityEnvelope requester,
                                java.lang.String src,
                                java.lang.String dst,
                                byte[] auth)

Call back used to handle an AuthorizationCoroutine.authorize event.

Parameters:

requester - The envelope containing the event channel.

src - The name of the capability, relative to the Authenticator's internal ObjectTree.

dst - The name to be placed in the CapabilityEnvelopes.

auth - Authorization data/signatures.

Returns:

An array of envelopes containing the requested capabilities.