Package com.portal.pfc.infranet.restriction

Class RestrictionManager

java.lang.Object

com.portal.pfc.infranet.restriction.RestrictionManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

RestrictionConstants

public class RestrictionManager
extends Object
implements RestrictionConstants

Single point of entry for retrieving permissions for a user logged into Portal. You should retrieve the RestrictionManager instance for your given PortalContext, and use it to retrieve individual permission settings.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.portal.pfc.infranet.restriction.RestrictionConstants

CHANGABLE_DISCRETE, CHANGABLE_NDISCRETE, CHANGABLE_NO, CHANGABLE_RANGED, CHANGABLE_YES, INF_NONE, INF_READ_ONLY, INF_READ_WRITE, INF_WRITE_ONLY, VIEWABLE_MASKED, VIEWABLE_NO, VIEWABLE_YES, XML_NONE, XML_READ_ONLY, XML_READ_WRITE, XML_WRITE_ONLY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static RestrictionManager	getInstance(PortalContext ctx)	Retrieves the RestrictionManager instance, which can be used to retrieve individual permission settings for the user logged into Portal for the given connection. Note that a separate RestrictionManager will be retrieved for each PortalContext passed in - this means this class will handle the case where you are connecting to multiple Portal instances (possibly as different users).
Restriction	getRestriction(String type, String application)	Retrieves the Restriction object representing the passed in permission string.
Restriction	getRestrictionExists(String type, String application)	Retrieves the Restriction object representing the passed in permission string.
boolean	isFeatureDisabled(String featureName, PortalContext ctx, String appName)	This method can be used to know whether the Feature is disabled or enabled in the server

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getInstance

public static RestrictionManager getInstance(PortalContext ctx)

Retrieves the RestrictionManager instance, which can be used to retrieve individual permission settings for the user logged into Portal for the given connection.

Note that a separate RestrictionManager will be retrieved for each PortalContext passed in - this means this class will handle the case where you are connecting to multiple Portal instances (possibly as different users).

Parameters:

ctx - The PortalContext representing your Portal connection

getRestriction

public Restriction getRestriction(String type,
 String application)

Retrieves the Restriction object representing the passed in permission string. The permission string passed in can be one publicly defined in RestrictionConstants or your own custom string that you have entered for your users. This will return the Restriction for that permission setting if one is defined for the currently logged in user.
If no permission string is defined for the requested type, a Restriction object with VIEWABLE_NO / CHANGABLE_NO will be returned.

Parameters:

type - The permission string to retrieve (i.e. /accounttool/billnow)

application - Not currently used, so may be null. In the future this will be used for Role-based permissions so the caller will need to specify the name of the application they are retrieving this permission for (i.e. Customer Center, Pricing Center, etc.).

Returns:

The Restriction object for the currently logged in user

isFeatureDisabled

public boolean isFeatureDisabled(String featureName,
 PortalContext ctx,
 String appName)

This method can be used to know whether the Feature is disabled or enabled in the server

Parameters:

ctx - PortalContext

appName - String

FeatureName - String

Returns:

boolean false

getRestrictionExists

public Restriction getRestrictionExists(String type,
 String application)

Retrieves the Restriction object representing the passed in permission string. The permission string passed in can be one publicly defined in RestrictionConstants or your own custom string that you have entered for your users. This will return the Restriction for that permission setting if one is defined for the currently logged in user.
If no permission string is defined for the requested type, null will be returned.

Parameters:

type - The permission string to retrieve (i.e. /accounttool/billnow)

application - Not currently used, so may be null. In the future this will be used for Role-based permissions so the caller will need to specify the name of the application they are retrieving this permission for (i.e. Customer Center, Pricing Center, etc.).

Returns:

The Restriction object for the currently logged in user; null if the given permission is not defined.