org.gcube.common.core.utils.proxies
Class ReadOnlyProxyContext

java.lang.Object
  org.gcube.common.core.utils.proxies.GCUBEProxyContext<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly>
      org.gcube.common.core.utils.proxies.ReadOnlyProxyContext

public class ReadOnlyProxyContext
extends GCUBEProxyContext<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly>

A specialisation of GCUBEProxyContext for proxies which enforce read-only access from untrusted code to the values returned by selected methods of the proxied objects.

Read-only access control is dynamically established by comparing the namespace of the caller code (under inheritance, not necessarily the caller's) with one or more namespaces of trusted code. The latter are specified as the values of annotations of the primary annotation class ReadOnly. Access control checks are heuristically performed on methods whose name begins with set,add,put,remnove,delete. For all other methods, a read-only proxy will proxy their return value (if any) with another read-only proxy. Essentially, this allows the read-only policy to transparently propagate deep within class hierarchies without requiring that ReadOnly annotations are similary propagated.

Author:

Fabio Simeoni (University of Strathclyde)

Nested Class Summary

static interface

ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly The primary annotation of the proxy associated with the context.

Field Summary

protected List<String>

prefixes Method name prefixes used to heuristically identify write-access methods.

Constructor Summary

ReadOnlyProxyContext()

Method Summary

void	addWritePrefix(String prefix) Add a new method name prefix used to heuristically to identify write-access methods.
Class<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly>	getAnnotationClass() Returns the class of the primary annotation.
net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor	getInterceptor(Object proxied) Returns the object which will intercept calls to the proxy.
List<String>	getPrefixes() Return the current list of method name prefixes used to heuristically to identify write-access methods.

Methods inherited from class org.gcube.common.core.utils.proxies.GCUBEProxyContext

getAnnotation, getProxyCaller, setAnnotation, setCaller

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

prefixes

protected List<String> prefixes

Method name prefixes used to heuristically identify write-access methods.

Constructor Detail

ReadOnlyProxyContext

public ReadOnlyProxyContext()

Method Detail

getAnnotationClass

public Class<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly> getAnnotationClass()

Returns the class of the primary annotation.

Specified by:

getAnnotationClass in class GCUBEProxyContext<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly>

Returns:

the annotation class.

getInterceptor

public net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor getInterceptor(Object proxied)

Returns the object which will intercept calls to the proxy.

Specified by:

getInterceptor in class GCUBEProxyContext<ReadOnlyProxyContext.ReadOnly>

Parameters:

proxied - the proxied object.

Returns:

the intercepting object.

getPrefixes

public List<String> getPrefixes()

Return the current list of method name prefixes used to heuristically to identify write-access methods.

Returns:

the list.

addWritePrefix

public void addWritePrefix(String prefix)

Add a new method name prefix used to heuristically to identify write-access methods.

Parameters:

prefix - the prefix.