Package org.opencms.security

Access control and security classes for the OpenCms ACL permission system.

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Description

Interface Summary

I_CmsPasswordHandler	Defines methods for OpenCms password validation.
I_CmsPrincipal	Representation of an identity in the cms (currently user or group), used to define permissions on a resource.

Class Summary

CmsAccessControlEntry	An access control entry defines the permissions of a user or group for a distinct resource.
CmsAccessControlList	An access control list contains the permission sets of all principals for a distinct resource that are calculated on the permissions defined by various access control entries.
CmsDefaultPasswordHandler	Default implementation for OpenCms password validation, just checks if a password is at last 4 characters long.
CmsPasswordInfo	Validating bean for changing the password.
CmsPermissionSet	An immutable permission set that contains both allowed and denied permissions as bitsets.
CmsPermissionSetCustom	A custom permission set that can be modified during runtime and contains both allowed and denied permissions as bitsets.
CmsRole	A role is used in the OpenCms security system to check if a user has access to a certain system function.
Messages	Convenience class to access the localized messages of this OpenCms package.

Exception Summary

CmsAuthentificationException	Signals that an attempt to authentificate (login) has a user has failed.
CmsPasswordEncryptionException	Signals that an attempt to encrypt a password was not successful.
CmsPermissionViolationException	A permission violation occurs if a user without tries to access or maipulate a VFS resource without the required permissions.
CmsRoleViolationException	A role violation occurs if a user without permissions tries to access a protected OpenCms system feature that can only be accessed by users in certain roles.
CmsSecurityException	Used to signal security related issues, for example example during file access and login.

Package org.opencms.security Description

Access control and security classes for the OpenCms ACL permission system.

Since:

6.0.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $