Package org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user

Interface Impersonation

@ProviderType public interface Impersonation
The Impersonation maintains Principals that are allowed to impersonate. Principals can be added or removed using grantImpersonation(Principal) and revokeImpersonation(Principal), respectively.
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  • Method Details

    • getImpersonators

      @NotNull @NotNull PrincipalIterator getImpersonators() throws RepositoryException
      Returns:
      An iterator over the Principals that are allowed to impersonate the User this Impersonation object has been created for.
      Throws:
      RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

    • grantImpersonation

      boolean grantImpersonation(@NotNull @NotNull Principal principal) throws RepositoryException
      Parameters:
      principal - The principal that should be allowed to impersonate the User this Impersonation has been built for.
      Returns:
      true if the specified Principal has not been allowed to impersonate before and if impersonation has been successfully granted to it, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

    • revokeImpersonation

      boolean revokeImpersonation(@NotNull @NotNull Principal principal) throws RepositoryException
      Parameters:
      principal - The principal that should no longer be allowed to impersonate.
      Returns:
      If the granted impersonation has been successfully revoked for the given principal; false otherwise.
      Throws:
      RepositoryException - If an error occurs.

    • allows

      boolean allows(@NotNull @NotNull Subject subject) throws RepositoryException
      Test if the given subject (i.e. any of the principals it contains) is allowed to impersonate.
      Parameters:
      subject - to impersonate.
      Returns:
      true if this Impersonation allows the specified Subject to impersonate.
      Throws:
      RepositoryException - If an error occurs.