com.sun.identity.xacml.context

Interface Subject

All Known Implementing Classes:

SubjectImpl

public interface Subject

The Subject element specifies information about a subject of the Request context by listing a sequence of Attribute elements associated with the subject. A subject is an entity associated with the access request.

 <xs:complexType name="SubjectType">
  <xs:sequence>
   <xs:element ref="xacml-context:Attribute" minOccurs="0"
      maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 <xs:sequence>
 <xs:attribute name="SubjectCategory" type="xs:anyURI" 
  default="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject"/>
 <xs:complexType>
 

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List	getAttributes() Returns zero to many Attribute elements of this object If no attributes and present, empty List will be returned.
URI	getSubjectCategory() Returns the SubjectCategory of this object.
boolean	isMutable() Checks if the object is mutable
void	makeImmutable() Makes the object immutable
void	setAttributes(List attributes) Sets the Attribute elements of this object
void	setSubjectCategory(URI subjectCategory) Sets the SubjectCategory of this object
String	toXMLString() Returns a string representation of this object
String	toXMLString(boolean includeNSPrefix, boolean declareNS) Returns a String representation of this object

Method Detail

getAttributes

List getAttributes()

Returns zero to many Attribute elements of this object If no attributes and present, empty List will be returned. Typically a Subject element will contain an Attribute with an AttributeId of "urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject:subject-id", containing the identity of the Subject

Returns:

the Attribute elements of this object

setAttributes

void setAttributes(List attributes)
            throws XACMLException

Sets the Attribute elements of this object

Parameters:

attributes - Attribute elements of this object attributes could be an empty List, if no attributes are present.

Throws:

XACMLException - if the object is immutable An object is considered immutable if makeImmutable() has been invoked on it. It can be determined by calling isMutable on the object.

getSubjectCategory

URI getSubjectCategory()

Returns the SubjectCategory of this object. This is optional so could be null if not defined. This attribute indicates the role that the parent Subject played in the formation of the access request. If this attribute is not present in the Subject element, then the default value of urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject SHALL be used, indicating that the Subject represents the entity ultimately responsible for initiating the access request.

Returns:

URI representing the SubjectCategory of this object.

setSubjectCategory

void setSubjectCategory(URI subjectCategory)
                 throws XACMLException

Sets the SubjectCategory of this object

Parameters:

subjectCategory - URI

Throws:

XACMLException - if the object is immutable An object is considered immutable if makeImmutable() has been invoked on it. It can be determined by calling isMutable on the object.

toXMLString

String toXMLString(boolean includeNSPrefix,
                   boolean declareNS)
            throws XACMLException

Returns a String representation of this object

Parameters:

includeNSPrefix - Determines whether or not the namespace qualifier is prepended to the Element when converted

declareNS - Determines whether or not the namespace is declared within the Element.

Returns:

a string representation of this object

Throws:

XACMLException - if conversion fails for any reason

toXMLString

String toXMLString()
            throws XACMLException

Returns a string representation of this object

Returns:

a string representation of this object

Throws:

XACMLException - if conversion fails for any reason

makeImmutable

void makeImmutable()

Makes the object immutable

isMutable

boolean isMutable()

Checks if the object is mutable

Returns:

true if the object is mutable, false otherwise