[Yanel-dev] Re: Access Control User Interface

[Paloma Gomez]

> Paloma Gomez wrote:
>
>>
>>>I think that the Identity is some kind of abstraction of the following
>>>items:
>>>- user
>>>- machine
>>>- ip range
>>>- world
>>>So maybe we could keep Identity.java as a super-class or an interface.
>>>But I'm not sure which methods to put into Identity.java.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Currently, Identity.java just holds a username and an array containing
>>groups and provides getter methods for retrieving them.
>>
>
> the identity is a container for
>
> user
> machine/ip-range
> world
> group
>
> resp. identifiying a session so to speak. Instead of passing around all
> the types mentioned above one
> just has to pass around the identity which I think makes a lot of sense
> ;-)
>
>> If we want it to
>>represent any kind of item, we should change the current implementation
>>since it just considers users.
>>
>
> which implementation?

org.wyona.security.core.api.Identity

Regards,
Paloma

>
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>
> Michi
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