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Class semper.access.TimeOutCapability

java.lang.Object
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public class TimeOutCapability

extends Capability

Implementation of the timeout capability. Timeout capabilities are only enabled for a limited amount of time (their timeout), after which they can be enabled by the user without authentication.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 1997/12/19 14:21:53 $

Author:

Mogens Rom Andersen ([email protected])

See Also:

Capability

TimeOutCapability(String, String, int)

Create a new TimeOutCapability.

getInfo()

Obtain a short string describing the capability and its parameters.

getTimeout()

Get the timeout for this capability.

verify()

Verify a timeout capability.

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

Create a new TimeOutCapability.

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

Parameters:

name - name of the capability.

desc - description of the capability.

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

 public final int getTimeout()

Get the timeout for this capability.

Returns:

the timeout for this capability.

 public String getInfo()

Obtain a short string describing the capability and its parameters.

Useful for logging.

Returns:

A short string describing the capability.

Overrides:

getInfo in class Capability

 public final boolean verify()

Verify a timeout capability.

Check if the allocated time interval has expires and return true if it has not expired.

Overrides:

verify in class Capability

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