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Class semper.access.OrdinaryRole

java.lang.Object
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public class OrdinaryRole

extends Role

Implementation of ordinary role templates. Ordinary roles provide a low level of security and do _not_ require any type of authentication to be unlocked.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 1996/11/20 15:43:18 $

Author:

Jaap-Henk Hoepman ([email protected])

See Also:

Role, OrdinaryRoleInstance

OrdinaryRole(String, String, int)

Create a new ordinary role template.

createNewInstance(AccessControlHandle)

Create a role instance for this role template

getInfo()

Obtain a short string describing the role template and its parameters.

 public OrdinaryRole(String name,
                     String desc,
                     int timeout)

Create a new ordinary role template.

When an instance of this role is created, its timeout is obtained from the preference manager, group: Role-timeouts, field: the name of this role. The timeout parameter specified is used to create and initialize this preference in case it does not exist.

Parameters:

name - name of the role.

desc - the description of the role.

timeout - the timeout in milliseconds suggested for this role. A timeout of -1 corresponds to an infinite timeout.

 public final String getInfo()

Obtain a short string describing the role template and its parameters.

Useful for logging.

Returns:

A short string describing the role template.

Overrides:

getInfo in class Role

 public final RoleInstance createNewInstance(AccessControlHandle owner)

Create a role instance for this role template

Parameters:

owner - AccessControlHandle of the owner of the instance.

Returns:

instance of this ordinary role template, of class OrdinaryRoleInstance.

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