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Class semper.access.SecureRole

java.lang.Object
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public class SecureRole

extends Role

Implementation of secure role templates. Secure roles provide a high level of security and _does_ require authentication to be unlocked.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 1996/11/20 15:43:22 $

Author:

Jaap-Henk Hoepman ([email protected])

See Also:

Role, SecureRoleInstance

SecureRole(String, String, int, String)

Create a new secure 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 SecureRole(String name,
                   String desc,
                   int timeout,
                   String crypt)

Create a new secure role template.

When an instance of this role is created, its timeout and password are obtained from the preference manager, group: Role-timeouts and group: Role-passwords, field: the name of this role. The timeout and password parameters specified are used to create and initialize these preferences in case they do not exist.

Parameters:

name - the 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.

crypt - the encrypted password suggested for this role

 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 secure role, of class SecureRoleInstance.

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