com.neurosys.security.auth.domain

Enum AuthorizationExtent

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AuthorizationExtent>

com.neurosys.security.auth.domain.AuthorizationExtent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AuthorizationExtent>

public enum AuthorizationExtent
extends Enum<AuthorizationExtent>

Who all can the user perform the AuthorizationType action over. If Missing usually implies this#SELF

Author:

Arjun Dhar

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ANY Auth over any user including self
OTHERS Auth over others belonging to a group this user may have ownership of OWNER does not imply SELF.
OWNER Auth over SELF & Others below
SELF Auth only over self

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AuthorizationExtent	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static AuthorizationExtent[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

SELF

public static final AuthorizationExtent SELF

Auth only over self

OTHERS

public static final AuthorizationExtent OTHERS

Auth over others belonging to a group this user may have ownership of
OWNER does not imply SELF.
Example: Employee may evaluate other employees under him but cannot evaluate self.

OWNER

public static final AuthorizationExtent OWNER

Auth over SELF & Others below

ANY

public static final AuthorizationExtent ANY

Auth over any user including self

Method Detail

values

public static AuthorizationExtent[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (AuthorizationExtent c : AuthorizationExtent.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AuthorizationExtent valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null