sdsi
Class Acl

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Acl

extends SDSIObject

The class which implements acl's in SDSI/SPKI 2.0. Acl's are currently considered as SDSIObjects, but the grammar of SDSI/SPKI has changed so that acl's are not specified.

Author:

Alexander Morcos, Sameer Ajmani

See Also:

SDSIObject, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

class

Acl.AclEntry

Field Summary

(package private) SDSIPrincipal	creatingPrincipal
(package private) Acl.AclEntry[]	entries

Fields inherited from class sdsi.SDSIObject

_hash, _modified, srep

Constructor Summary

Acl(SexpList l, SDSIPrincipal p)
Creates a new Acl from a SexpList.

Method Summary

boolean	contains(SDSIPublicKey applicant, Name applicantName, Tag request)
java.lang.String	getAbbreviation() Returns a single or double letter abbreviation this SDSIObject.
java.lang.String	getType() Returns a short string that represents the type of this SDSIObject.
java.lang.String	toShortString() Returns a short descriptive string representing this SDSIObject.

Methods inherited from class sdsi.SDSIObject

equals, getHash, getHash, getSrep, hashCode, principalParse, readFrom, readFrom, sameAs, sign, toReadableString, toString, writeCanonical, writeReadable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

creatingPrincipal

SDSIPrincipal creatingPrincipal

entries

Acl.AclEntry[] entries

Constructor Detail

Acl

public Acl(SexpList l,
           SDSIPrincipal p)
    throws SexpParseException,
           SDSIException

Creates a new Acl from a SexpList. The SexpList is scanned and parsed and the additional issuer information is also stored in the resulting Acl.

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a short string that represents the type of this SDSIObject.

Overrides:

getType in class SDSIObject

Returns:

a string represent the type of SDSIObject we're dealing with.

getAbbreviation

public java.lang.String getAbbreviation()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a single or double letter abbreviation this SDSIObject.

Specified by:

getAbbreviation in class SDSIObject

Returns:

an abbreviated description of this SDSIObject.

toShortString

public java.lang.String toShortString()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a short descriptive string representing this SDSIObject.

Specified by:

toShortString in class SDSIObject

Returns:

a short string description of this SDSIObject.

contains

public boolean contains(SDSIPublicKey applicant,
                        Name applicantName,
                        Tag request)