com.orchestranetworks.service

Class AccessPermission

java.lang.Object

com.orchestranetworks.service.AccessPermission

public final class AccessPermission
extends Object

Defines the permission to see and modify a resource. The possible states are:

• hidden – the resource is not displayed;
• read-only – the resource is shown but it cannot be modified; optionally a message may tell why;
• read-write – the resource is displayed and it may be modified;

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char	getFlag() Persistent flag that identifies this permission.
String	getFlagString() Persistent flag that identifies this permission.
static AccessPermission	getHidden() Factory method specifying that a resource can neither be modified nor displayed.
static AccessPermission	getHidden(UserMessage aReason) Factory method specifying that a resource can not be modified and is not displayed.
String	getLabel() Returns a developer-friendly string label.
static AccessPermission	getReadOnly() Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed but not modified.
static AccessPermission	getReadOnly(UserMessage aReason) Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed but it cannot modified.
UserMessage	getReadOnlyReason() Optionally defined if this state is set as 'readOnly' or as 'hidden' and a specific reason is provided.
static AccessPermission	getReadWrite() Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed and modified.
boolean	isHidden()
boolean	isReadOnly()
boolean	isReadWrite()
AccessPermission	max(AccessPermission anotherPermission) Returns the least restrictive permission between this instance and the instance given as an argument.
AccessPermission	min(AccessPermission anotherPermission) Returns the most restrictive permission between this instance and the instance given as an argument.
static AccessPermission	parseFlag(char accessFlag) Factory method.
static AccessPermission	parseFlag(String accessFlag) Factory method.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

parseFlag

public static AccessPermission parseFlag(String accessFlag)

Factory method. The method getFlagString() returns the specified argument.

See Also:

parseFlag(char)

parseFlag

public static AccessPermission parseFlag(char accessFlag)

Factory method. The method getFlag() returns the specified argument.

See Also:

parseFlag(String)

getReadWrite

public static AccessPermission getReadWrite()

Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed and modified.

getReadOnly

public static AccessPermission getReadOnly()

Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed but not modified.

getReadOnly

public static AccessPermission getReadOnly(UserMessage aReason)

Factory method specifying that a resource can be displayed but it cannot modified. The reason why resource cannot modified may be provided to the user.

Warning: the message is not always displayed in the current version of EBX®.

getHidden

public static AccessPermission getHidden()

Factory method specifying that a resource can neither be modified nor displayed.

getHidden

public static AccessPermission getHidden(UserMessage aReason)

Factory method specifying that a resource can not be modified and is not displayed.

The reason specified will be exploited in a future release.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isReadWrite

public boolean isReadWrite()

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

getReadOnlyReason

public UserMessage getReadOnlyReason()

Optionally defined if this state is set as 'readOnly' or as 'hidden' and a specific reason is provided.

See Also:

getHidden(UserMessage), getReadOnly(UserMessage)

min

public AccessPermission min(AccessPermission anotherPermission)

Returns the most restrictive permission between this instance and the instance given as an argument.

max

public AccessPermission max(AccessPermission anotherPermission)

Returns the least restrictive permission between this instance and the instance given as an argument.

getFlag

public char getFlag()

Persistent flag that identifies this permission.

getFlagString

public String getFlagString()

Persistent flag that identifies this permission.

It returns the same content as getFlag().

getLabel

public String getLabel()

Returns a developer-friendly string label.