Security framework (new version)

[Jacopo Cappellato <ja...@libero.it>]

Hi!

I've made some important (internal) changes to my framework (see my messages
on this subject).
As usual, you can download the last version from this page:
 http://digilander.iol.it/jacop/
Regards,
Jacopo

Major changes:
1) some bug fixes
2) internal re-design:
    a) the security framework's main module was a global scoped Turbine Pull
Tool; now it is a Turbine Service (GrantSecurityService).
        Why this change? The module was not intended to be used from within
templates (a bad place for application logic), and so a Pull Tool
implementation was a bad choice (hmm... sorry but... I'm new to Turbine and
when I wrote the code I didn't know how to build a service, but only how to
create a pull tool... ). I've also created a wrapper class around it, so
when you have to set a task from within a standard module (such as a
VelocityScreen) all you have to do is:
        if (Security.isAllowed("screen.moduleName", "taskName", runData)) {
                // ...
        }
on the other hand, if you are using a class derived from
Unlocked/LockedScreen (see my previous messages on this subject) all you
have to do is (nothing is changed here from the previous version of the
framework):
        if (isAllowed("taskName", runData)) {
                // ...
        }
     The same things apply to actions.
   b) The module security configuration file format is not changed (it's a
property file) but now I've created a factory class and the SecurityLoader
interface: by implementing this interface it's easy  to create new security
loaders (e.g. a security loader that reads the security configuration from
an xml file): the only thing to do to switch from a loader to another one is
to properly set (in the TR file) the GrantSecurityService parameters.




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