com.tibco.tibems.tibemsd.security
Class Util

java.lang.Object
  com.tibco.tibems.tibemsd.security.Util

public class Util
extends java.lang.Object

Provides some utility functions for implementors of authorization systems.

Constructor Summary

Util()

Method Summary

static boolean	isDestinationContainedBy(java.lang.String destination, java.lang.String wildcard) This will test whether the given destination is a subset of the given wildcard.
static boolean	isDestinationMatchedBy(java.lang.String destination1, java.lang.String destination2) Tests whether the two destinations are a match, in the general sense.
static boolean	isWildcard(java.lang.String destination) Tests for a wildcard destination.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Util

public Util()

Method Detail

isDestinationContainedBy

public static boolean isDestinationContainedBy(java.lang.String destination,
                                               java.lang.String wildcard)

This will test whether the given destination is a subset of the given wildcard. No checking is done for well-formed names. "foo.*.bar", "foo.>" returns true. "foo.>", "foo.*.bar" returns false. "foo.*.bar", "foo.bar.*" returns false;

Parameters:

destination -

wildcard -

Returns:

true if the destination is a match for the wildcard.

isDestinationMatchedBy

public static boolean isDestinationMatchedBy(java.lang.String destination1,
                                             java.lang.String destination2)

Tests whether the two destinations are a match, in the general sense. "foo.*.bar", "foo.>" returns true. "foo.>", "foo.*.bar" returns true. "foo.*.bar", "foo.bar.*" returns true; "foo.*", "bar" returns false;

Parameters:

destination1 -

destination2 -

Returns:

true if the destinations match.

isWildcard

public static boolean isWildcard(java.lang.String destination)

Tests for a wildcard destination. Any destination containing a ">" or a "*" token is considered a wildcard.

Parameters:

destination -

Returns:

true if the destination contains a > or * token.