Package xal.extension.application.rbac

Class RBACPlugin

java.lang.Object

xal.extension.application.rbac.RBACPlugin

public class RBACPlugin
extends Object

This is a plugin for rbac authentication and authorization. It provides a method for retrieving its RbacLogin, thus making it a runtime dependency. It also includes the RBAC Single Sign On (SSO) server to enable the users to use a single login for all OpenXal apps. Version 0.2 by Yngve Levinsen. Allows using dummy login based on system preferences.

Version:

0.2 12 Jan 2017

Author:

Blaz Kranjc <blaz.kranjc@cosylab.com>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	disableRBACLogin()
static void	enableRBACLogin()
protected static Preferences	getDefaults()
static RBACLogin	getRBACLoginInstance()	Gets us an instance of EssRbacLogin and starts the SSO server.
static boolean	useRBACLogin()	If the system has configured RBAC to be active, then return true, otherwise return false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getDefaults

protected static Preferences getDefaults()

useRBACLogin

public static boolean useRBACLogin()

If the system has configured RBAC to be active, then return true, otherwise return false. Returning false should imply that we will use dummy RBAC. If nothing has been configured in system, RBAC is used by default.

Returns:

use proper RBAC or not

enableRBACLogin

public static void enableRBACLogin()

disableRBACLogin

public static void disableRBACLogin()

getRBACLoginInstance

public static RBACLogin getRBACLoginInstance()

Gets us an instance of EssRbacLogin and starts the SSO server. The login is still provided even if the SSO server cannot be started. A dummy RBAC is returned in case RBAC is disabled on the system.

Returns:

instance of EssRbacLogin