Module jakarta.security.jacc

Package jakarta.security.jacc

Class PolicyConfigurationFactory

java.lang.Object

jakarta.security.jacc.PolicyConfigurationFactory

public abstract class PolicyConfigurationFactory
extends Object

Abstract factory and finder class for obtaining the instance of the class that implements the PolicyConfigurationFactory of a provider. The factory will be used to instantiate PolicyConfiguration objects that will be used by the deployment tools of the container to create and manage policy contexts within the Policy Provider.

Implementation classes must have a public no argument constructor that may be used to create an operational instance of the factory implementation class.

See Also:

• Permission
• PolicyConfiguration
• PolicyContextException

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	FACTORY_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PolicyConfigurationFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static PolicyConfigurationFactory	get()	This static method uses a system property to find and instantiate (via a public constructor) a provider specific factory implementation class.
abstract PolicyConfiguration	getPolicyConfiguration()	This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider.
abstract PolicyConfiguration	getPolicyConfiguration(String contextID)	This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider.
abstract PolicyConfiguration	getPolicyConfiguration(String contextID, boolean remove)	This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider.
static PolicyConfigurationFactory	getPolicyConfigurationFactory()	This static method uses a system property to find and instantiate (via a public constructor) a provider specific factory implementation class.
abstract boolean	inService(String contextID)	This method determines if the identified policy context exists with state "inService" in the Policy provider associated with the factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

FACTORY_NAME

public static final String FACTORY_NAME

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

PolicyConfigurationFactory

public PolicyConfigurationFactory()

Method Details

getPolicyConfigurationFactory

public static PolicyConfigurationFactory getPolicyConfigurationFactory()
                                                                throws ClassNotFoundException,
PolicyContextException

This static method uses a system property to find and instantiate (via a public constructor) a provider specific factory implementation class.

The name of the provider specific factory implementation class is obtained from the value of the system property,

     jakarta.security.jacc.PolicyConfigurationFactory.provider.
 
 

Returns:

the singleton instance of the provider specific PolicyConfigurationFactory implementation class.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when the class named by the system property could not be found including because the value of the system property has not be set.

PolicyContextException - if the implementation throws a checked exception that has not been accounted for by the getPolicyConfigurationFactory method signature. The exception thrown by the implementation class will be encapsulated (during construction) in the thrown PolicyContextException

get

public static PolicyConfigurationFactory get()

This static method uses a system property to find and instantiate (via a public constructor) a provider specific factory implementation class.

The name of the provider specific factory implementation class is obtained from the value of the system property,

     jakarta.security.jacc.PolicyConfigurationFactory.provider.
 
 

This method is logically equivalent to getPolicyConfigurationFactory() with the difference that any of the declared exceptions are captured into an IllegalStateException.

Returns:

the singleton instance of the provider specific PolicyConfigurationFactory implementation class.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - thrown at least when getPolicyConfigurationFactory() throws a ClassNotFoundException or an PolicyContextException; in that case the IllegalStateException contains one of those exceptions as the cause.

getPolicyConfiguration

public abstract PolicyConfiguration getPolicyConfiguration(String contextID,
 boolean remove)
                                                    throws PolicyContextException

This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider. The methods of the PolicyConfiguration interface are used to define the policy statements of the identified policy context.

If at the time of the call, the identified policy context does not exist in the provider, then the policy context will be created in the provider and the Object that implements the context's PolicyConfiguration Interface will be returned. If the state of the identified context is "deleted" or "inService" it will be transitioned to the "open" state as a result of the call. The states in the lifecycle of a policy context are defined by the PolicyConfiguration interface.

For a given value of policy context identifier, this method must always return the same instance of PolicyConfiguration and there must be at most one actual instance of a PolicyConfiguration with a given policy context identifier (during a process context).

To preserve the invariant that there be at most one PolicyConfiguration object for a given policy context, it may be necessary for this method to be thread safe.

Parameters:

contextID - A String identifying the policy context whose PolicyConfiguration interface is to be returned. The value passed to this parameter must not be null.

remove - A boolean value that establishes whether or not the policy statements and linkages of an existing policy context are to be removed before its PolicyConfiguration object is returned. If the value passed to this parameter is true, the policy statements and linkages of an existing policy context will be removed. If the value is false, they will not be removed.

Returns:

an Object that implements the PolicyConfiguration Interface matched to the Policy provider and corresponding to the identified policy context.

Throws:

PolicyContextException - if the implementation throws a checked exception that has not been accounted for by the getPolicyConfiguration method signature. The exception thrown by the implementation class will be encapsulated (during construction) in the thrown PolicyContextException.

getPolicyConfiguration

public abstract PolicyConfiguration getPolicyConfiguration(String contextID)

This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider. The methods of the PolicyConfiguration interface are used to define the policy statements of the identified policy context.

If at the time of the call, the identified policy context does not exist in the provider, then the policy context will not be created in the provider and a null will be returned. No state transition of any kind is allowed to occur, the PolicyConfiguration instance is to be returned as-is.

For a given value of the policy context identifier, this method must always return the same instance of PolicyConfiguration and there must be at most one actual instance of a PolicyConfiguration with a given policy context identifier (during a process context).

Parameters:

contextID - A String identifying the policy context whose PolicyConfiguration interface is to be returned. The value passed to this parameter must not be null.

Returns:

an Object that implements the PolicyConfiguration Interface matched to the Policy provider and corresponding to the identified policy context, or a null if such an Object is not present.

getPolicyConfiguration

public abstract PolicyConfiguration getPolicyConfiguration()

This method is used to obtain an instance of the provider specific class that implements the PolicyConfiguration interface that corresponds to the identified policy context within the provider. The policy context is identified by the value of the policy context identifier associated with the thread on which the accessor is called. The methods of the PolicyConfiguration interface are used to define the policy statements of the identified policy context.

If at the time of the call, the identified policy context does not exist in the provider, then the policy context will not be created in the provider and a null will be returned. No state transition of any kind is allowed to occur, the PolicyConfiguration instance is to be returned as-is.

For a given determined value of the policy context identifier, this method must always return the same instance of PolicyConfiguration and there must be at most one actual instance of a PolicyConfiguration with a given policy context identifier (during a process context).

This method should be logically identical to calling getPolicyConfiguration(String) with as input the value returned from PolicyContext.getContextID(), unless that value is null. In that case a null should be returned.

Returns:

an Object that implements the PolicyConfiguration Interface matched to the Policy provider and corresponding to the identified policy context, or a null if such an Object is not present.

inService

public abstract boolean inService(String contextID)
                           throws PolicyContextException

This method determines if the identified policy context exists with state "inService" in the Policy provider associated with the factory.

Parameters:

contextID - A string identifying a policy context

Returns:

true if the identified policy context exists within the provider and its state is "inService", false otherwise.

Throws:

PolicyContextException - if the implementation throws a checked exception that has not been accounted for by the inService method signature. The exception thrown by the implementation class will be encapsulated (during construction) in the thrown PolicyContextException.