com.sun.xacml.combine
Class RuleCombiningAlgorithm

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.xacml.combine.CombiningAlgorithm
      com.sun.xacml.combine.RuleCombiningAlgorithm

Direct Known Subclasses:

DenyOverridesRuleAlg, FirstApplicableRuleAlg, PermitOverridesRuleAlg

public abstract class RuleCombiningAlgorithm

extends CombiningAlgorithm

The base type for all Rule combining algorithms.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

RuleCombiningAlgorithm(URI identifier)
Constructor that takes the algorithm's identifier.

Method Summary

abstract Result

combine(EvaluationCtx context, List rules) Combines the rules based on the context to produce some unified result.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.xacml.combine.CombiningAlgorithm

getIdentifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleCombiningAlgorithm

public RuleCombiningAlgorithm(URI identifier)

Constructor that takes the algorithm's identifier.

Parameters:

identifier - the algorithm's identifier

Method Detail

combine

public abstract Result combine(EvaluationCtx context,
                               List rules)

Combines the rules based on the context to produce some unified result. This is the one function of a combining algorithm.

Specified by:

combine in class CombiningAlgorithm

Parameters:

context - the representation of the request

rules - the rules to combine

Returns:

a single unified result based on the combining logic