org.apache.click.extras.security
Class RoleAccessController

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.click.extras.security.RoleAccessController

All Implemented Interfaces:

AccessController

public class RoleAccessController
extends Object
implements AccessController

Provides a Role based access controller class. This access controller uses the JEE servlet container to determine whether an authenticated user has access to a specified role.

This class is used as the default AccessController by the Menu class.

Constructor Summary

RoleAccessController()

Method Summary

boolean

hasAccess(HttpServletRequest request, String role) Return true if the user is in the specified security access role.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RoleAccessController

public RoleAccessController()

Method Detail

hasAccess

public boolean hasAccess(HttpServletRequest request,
                         String role)

Return true if the user is in the specified security access role.

Please note: if role is null this method returns true, meaning user has access to resources without roles defined.

Specified by:

hasAccess in interface AccessController

Parameters:

request - the user request

role - the security access role to check

Returns:

true if the user is in the specified role

See Also:

AccessController.hasAccess(HttpServletRequest, String)