au.org.ala.biocache.web

Class AbstractSecureController

java.lang.Object

au.org.ala.biocache.web.AbstractSecureController

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdminController, AssertionController, DownloadController, OccurrenceController, ValidationRuleController

public class AbstractSecureController
extends Object

Controllers that need to perform security checks should extend this class and call shouldPerformOperation

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected String	apiCheckUrl

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractSecureController()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isValidKey(String keyToTest) Use a webservice to validate a key
boolean	shouldPerformOperation(String apiKey, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
boolean	shouldPerformOperation(String apiKey, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, boolean checkReadOnly) Returns true when the operation should be performed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

apiCheckUrl

protected String apiCheckUrl

Constructor Detail

AbstractSecureController

public AbstractSecureController()

Method Detail

shouldPerformOperation

public boolean shouldPerformOperation(String apiKey,
                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                               throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

isValidKey

public boolean isValidKey(String keyToTest)

Use a webservice to validate a key

Parameters:

keyToTest -

Returns:

shouldPerformOperation

public boolean shouldPerformOperation(String apiKey,
                             javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                             boolean checkReadOnly)
                               throws Exception

Returns true when the operation should be performed.

Parameters:

apiKey -

response -

Returns:

Throws:

Exception