org.pajes.security
Interface PrincipalRoles

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPrincipalRoles

public interface PrincipalRoles

The PrincipalRoles interface is implemented by classes which maintain a list of valid roles for a specific user.

Method Summary

boolean

isUserInRole(java.lang.String role) Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included in the specified logical "role".

Method Detail

isUserInRole

boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String role)

Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included in the specified logical "role".

Parameters:

role - a String specifying the name of the role

Returns:

a boolean indicating whether the user making this request belongs to a given role; false if the user has not been authenticated