com.cafesoft.cams.oblig
Interface Obligation

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardObligation

public interface Obligation

Obligation defines the interface for objects representing a course of action that must be fulfilled by a Cams policy enforcement point based on instructions from a Cams policy decision point. Cams Obligation instances are generally specific to the Cams agent (policy enforcement point).

Since:

9/20/2004

Method Summary

int	getAttributeCount() Get the number of attributes.
AttributeSet	getAttributes() Get the attributes.
String	getDescription() Get the obligation description.
URI	getId() Get the obligation identifier.
boolean	matches(Effect effect) Determine if this Obligation matches a given Effect.
boolean	matches(EvaluationResult evalResult) Determine if this Obligation matches a given security component evaluation result.

Method Detail

getId

public URI getId()

Get the obligation identifier.

Returns:

the obligation's identifier as a URI.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Get the obligation description.

Returns:

a textual description of the obligation.

matches

public boolean matches(EvaluationResult evalResult)

Determine if this Obligation matches a given security component evaluation result.

Parameters:

evalResult - the EvaluationResult.

Returns:

true if this Obligation matches the specified EvaluationResult else false.

matches

public boolean matches(Effect effect)

Determine if this Obligation matches a given Effect.

Parameters:

effect - the Effect to be matched.

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Get the number of attributes.

Returns:

the number of attributes for this Obligation instance.

getAttributes

public AttributeSet getAttributes()

Get the attributes.

Returns:

the attributes for this Obligation instance.