IPermissionManager Struct Reference

A class which is responsible for managing permissions on an object level. Given a user's group, it is possible to restrict or allow read, write and execute permissions for each object. It is also possible to specify if permissions are inherited from parent object. More...

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Detailed Description

A class which is responsible for managing permissions on an object level. Given a user's group, it is possible to restrict or allow read, write and execute permissions for each object. It is also possible to specify if permissions are inherited from parent object.

Public Member Functions
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	setPermissions (IPermissions *permissions)=0
	Set object permission configuration. More...
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	isAuthorized (IUser *user, Permission permission, Bool *authorizedOut)=0
	Check if user has a given permission on an object of the permission manager. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from IBaseObject
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	borrowInterface (const IntfID &intfID, void **obj) const =0
	Returns another interface which is supported by the object without incrementing the reference count. More...
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	dispose ()=0
	Disposes all references held by the object. More...
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	getHashCode (SizeT *hashCode)=0
	Returns hash code of the object. More...
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	equals (IBaseObject *other, Bool *equal) const =0
	Compares object to another object for equality. More...
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	toString (CharPtr *str)=0
	Returns a string representation of the object. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from IUnknown
virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC	queryInterface (const IntfID &intfID, void **obj)=0
	Returns another interface which is supported by the object and increments the reference count. More...
virtual int INTERFACE_FUNC	addRef ()=0
	Increments the reference count for an interface on an object. More...
virtual int INTERFACE_FUNC	releaseRef ()=0
	Decrements the reference count for an interface on an object. More...

Member Function Documentation

isAuthorized()

virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC isAuthorized ( IUser *  user, Permission  permission, Bool *  authorizedOut  )

pure virtual

Check if user has a given permission on an object of the permission manager.

Parameters

	user	A reference to the user.
	permission	A permission to test.
[out]	authorizedOut	Returns true if user is authorized and false otherwise.

setPermissions()

virtual ErrCode INTERFACE_FUNC setPermissions ( IPermissions *  permissions )

pure virtual

Set object permission configuration.

Parameters

permissions

Permissions configuration object.