com.cafesoft.core.message
Interface ConnectionAccessController

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardConnectionAccessController

public interface ConnectionAccessController

An access control object that checks access for the Message Framework's Connection Object

Since:

6/13/02

See Also:

Connection

Method Summary

AccessStatus

checkAccess(ConnectionMetaData metaData) Check access on the Connection.

Method Detail

checkAccess

public AccessStatus checkAccess(ConnectionMetaData metaData)

Check access on the Connection.

This method ensures that the Connection can connect to the Server and that the Connection can submit data to the Server.

Possible enhancements:

• Return an AccessStatus object that contains detailed information about access status codes, and possible reason codes for failed access.
• Throw an ConnectionAccessException if an error occurs while performing access control

Parameters:

metaData - the meta data about the Connection

Returns:

true if access is allowed, false otherwise