org.globus.wsrf.security.authorization
Interface PIP

All Superinterfaces:

Interceptor, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BootstrapPIP

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContainerPIP, ParameterPIP, SAMLAuthzAssertionPIP, X509BootstrapPIP

public interface PIP

extends Interceptor

Interface for information collection point.

Method Summary

PIPResponse

collectAttributes(RequestAttributes requestAttr, MessageContext context) Collect attributes about entities of interest.

Methods inherited from interface org.globus.wsrf.security.authorization.Interceptor

close, initialize

Method Detail

collectAttributes

public PIPResponse collectAttributes(RequestAttributes requestAttr,
                                     MessageContext context)
                              throws AttributeException

Collect attributes about entities of interest. If the attribute is about the requested subject, resource or action, it should be added to the RequestAttributes obejct. All other attributes should be returned as PIPResponse. Attributes about same entities, should be merged as a single EntityAttribute object.

Throws:

AttributeException