org.osgi.service.event
Class TopicPermission

java.lang.Object
  java.security.Permission
      org.osgi.service.event.TopicPermission

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Guard, java.io.Serializable

public final class TopicPermission

extends java.security.Permission

A bundle's authority to publish or subscribe to event on a topic.

A topic is a slash-separated string that defines a topic.

For example:

 org/osgi/service/foo/FooEvent/ACTION
 

TopicPermission has two actions: publish and subscribe.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	PUBLISH The action string publish.
static java.lang.String	SUBSCRIBE The action string subscribe.

Constructor Summary

TopicPermission(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String actions)
Defines the authority to publich and/or subscribe to a topic within the EventAdmin service.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Determines the equality of two TopicPermission objects.
java.lang.String	getActions() Returns the canonical string representation of the TopicPermission actions.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code value for this object.
boolean	implies(java.security.Permission p) Determines if the specified permission is implied by this object.
java.security.PermissionCollection	newPermissionCollection() Returns a new PermissionCollection object suitable for storing TopicPermission objects.

Methods inherited from class java.security.Permission

checkGuard, getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PUBLISH

public static final java.lang.String PUBLISH

The action string publish.

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Constant Field Values

SUBSCRIBE

public static final java.lang.String SUBSCRIBE

The action string subscribe.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TopicPermission

public TopicPermission(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String actions)

Defines the authority to publich and/or subscribe to a topic within the EventAdmin service.

The name is specified as a slash-separated string. Wildcards may be used. For example:

    org/osgi/service/fooFooEvent/ACTION
    com/isv/*
    *
 

A bundle that needs to publish events on a topic must have the appropriate TopicPermission for that topic; similarly, a bundle that needs to subscribe to events on a topic must have the appropriate TopicPermssion for that topic.

Parameters:

name - Topic name.

actions - publish,subscribe (canonical order).

Method Detail

implies

public boolean implies(java.security.Permission p)

Determines if the specified permission is implied by this object.

This method checks that the topic name of the target is implied by the topic name of this object. The list of TopicPermission actions must either match or allow for the list of the target object to imply the target TopicPermission action.

    x/y/*,"publish" -> x/y/z,"publish" is true
    *,"subscribe" -> x/y,"subscribe"   is true
    *,"publish" -> x/y,"subscribe"     is false
    x/y,"publish" -> x/y/z,"publish"   is false
 

Parameters:

p - The target permission to interrogate.

Returns:

true if the specified TopicPermission action is implied by this object; false otherwise.

getActions

public java.lang.String getActions()

Returns the canonical string representation of the TopicPermission actions.

Always returns present TopicPermission actions in the following order: publish,subscribe.

Returns:

Canonical string representation of the TopicPermission actions.

newPermissionCollection

public java.security.PermissionCollection newPermissionCollection()

Returns a new PermissionCollection object suitable for storing TopicPermission objects.

Returns:

A new PermissionCollection object.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Determines the equality of two TopicPermission objects. This method checks that specified TopicPermission has the same topic name and actions as this TopicPermission object.

Parameters:

obj - The object to test for equality with this TopicPermission object.

Returns:

true if obj is a TopicPermission, and has the same topic name and actions as this TopicPermission object; false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this object.

Returns:

A hash code value for this object.