org.apache.sling.api.security

Interface ResourceAccessSecurity

@ProviderType
public interface ResourceAccessSecurity

The ResourceAccessSecurity defines a service API which is used in two different context: for securing resource providers which have no own access control and on the application level to further restrict the access to resources in general. A resource access security service is registered with the service property CONTEXT. Allowed values are APPLICATION_CONTEXT and PROVIDER_CONTEXT. If the value is missing or invalid, the service will be ignored. In the context of resource providers, this service might be used for implementations of resource providers where the underlying persistence layer does not implement access control. The goal is to make it easy to implement a lightweight access control for such providers. For example, a JCR resource providers should *not* use the provider context resource access security - in a JCR context, security is fully delegated to the underlying repository, and mixing security models would be a bad idea. In the context of the application, this service might be used to add additional or temporary constraints across the whole resource tree. It is expected to only have a single service per context in the framework/application (much like the OSGi LogService or ConfigurationAdmin Service). In the case of multiple services per context, the one with the highest service ranking is used.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	APPLICATION_CONTEXT Allowed value for the CONTEXT service registration property.
static String	CONTEXT The name of the service registration property containing the context of this service.
static String	PROVIDER_CONTEXT Allowed value for the CONTEXT service registration property.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreate(String absPathName, ResourceResolver resourceResolver)
boolean	canDelete(Resource resource)
boolean	canDeleteValue(Resource resource, String valueName)
boolean	canExecute(Resource resource)
boolean	canReadValue(Resource resource, String valueName)
boolean	canSetValue(Resource resource, String valueName)
boolean	canUpdate(Resource resource)
Resource	getReadableResource(Resource resource) If supplied Resource can be read, return it (or a wrapped variant of it).
String	transformQuery(String query, String language, ResourceResolver resourceResolver) Optionally transform a query based on the current user's credentials.

Field Detail

CONTEXT

static final String CONTEXT

The name of the service registration property containing the context of this service. Allowed values are APPLICATION_CONTEXT and PROVIDER_CONTEXT. This property is required and has no default value. (value is "access.context")

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Constant Field Values

APPLICATION_CONTEXT

static final String APPLICATION_CONTEXT

Allowed value for the CONTEXT service registration property. Services marked with this context are applied to all resources.

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Constant Field Values

PROVIDER_CONTEXT

static final String PROVIDER_CONTEXT

Allowed value for the CONTEXT service registration property. Services marked with this context are only applied to resource providers which indicate the additional checks with the ResourceProvider.USE_RESOURCE_ACCESS_SECURITY property.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getReadableResource

Resource getReadableResource(Resource resource)

If supplied Resource can be read, return it (or a wrapped variant of it). The returned Resource should then be used instead of the one that was passed into the method.

Returns:

null if Resource cannot be read

canCreate

boolean canCreate(String absPathName,
                  ResourceResolver resourceResolver)

Returns:

true if a Resource can be created at the supplied absolute path.

canUpdate

boolean canUpdate(Resource resource)

Returns:

true if supplied Resource can be updated

canDelete

boolean canDelete(Resource resource)

Returns:

true if supplied Resource can be deleted

canExecute

boolean canExecute(Resource resource)

Returns:

true if supplied Resource can be executed as a script

canReadValue

boolean canReadValue(Resource resource,
                     String valueName)

Returns:

true if the "valueName" value of supplied Resource can be read

canSetValue

boolean canSetValue(Resource resource,
                    String valueName)

Returns:

true if the "valueName" value of supplied Resource can be set

canDeleteValue

boolean canDeleteValue(Resource resource,
                       String valueName)

Returns:

true if the "valueName" value of supplied Resource can be deleted

transformQuery

String transformQuery(String query,
                      String language,
                      ResourceResolver resourceResolver)
               throws AccessSecurityException

Optionally transform a query based on the current user's credentials. Can be used to narrow down queries to omit results that the current user is not allowed to see anyway, to speed up downstream access control. Query transformations are not critical with respect to access control as results are filtered downstream using the canRead.. methods.

Parameters:

query - the query

language - the language in which the query is expressed

resourceResolver - the resource resolver which resolves the query

Returns:

the transformed query

Throws:

AccessSecurityException