/*  AuthOps -- Authentication interface class

  Digital Image Library servlet components

  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Robert Casties (robcast@mail.berlios.de)

  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
  Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
  option) any later version.
   
  Please read license.txt for the full details. A copy of the GPL
  may be found at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

*/

package digilib.auth;

import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import digilib.servlet.DigilibRequest;

/** Class of operations requiring authentication. */
public interface AuthOps {

	/** Test if the request must be authorized to access the filepath.
	 *
	 * Information about the user is taken from the ServletRequest.
	 * @param filepath filepath to be accessed.
	 * @param request ServletRequest with user information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return true if the user request must be authorized.
	 */
	public boolean isAuthRequired(String filepath, HttpServletRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Test if the request must be authorized to access the filepath.
	 *
	 * Information about the user is taken from the DigilibRequest.
	 * @param request DigilibRequest with user information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return true if the user request must be authorized.
	 */
	public boolean isAuthRequired(DigilibRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Test if the request is allowed to access filepath.
	 * 
	 * @param filepath filepath to be acessed.
	 * @param request Request with user information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return true if the request is allowed.
	 */
	public boolean isAuthorized(String filepath, HttpServletRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Test if the request is allowed to access filepath.
	 * 
	 * @param request Request with user information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return true if the request is allowed.
	 */
	public boolean isAuthorized(DigilibRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Authorization roles needed for request.
	 *
	 * Returns the list of authorization roles that are needed to access the
	 * specified path. No list means the path is free.
	 *
	 * The location information of the request is also considered.
	 *
	 * @param filepath filepath to be accessed.
	 * @param request ServletRequest with address information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return List of Strings with role names.
	 */
	public List rolesForPath(String filepath, HttpServletRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Authorization roles needed for request.
	 *
	 * Returns the list of authorization roles that are needed to access the
	 * specified path. No list means the path is free.
	 *
	 * The location information of the request is also considered.
	 *
	 * @param request DigilibRequest with address information.
	 * @throws AuthOpException Exception thrown on error.
	 * @return List of Strings with role names.
	 */
	public List rolesForPath(DigilibRequest request)
		throws AuthOpException;

	/** Test request authorization against a list of roles.
	 * @param roles List of Strings with role names.
	 * @param request ServletRequest with address information.
	 * @return true if the user information in the request authorizes one of the roles.
	 */
	public boolean isRoleAuthorized(List roles, HttpServletRequest request);

	/** Test request authorization against a list of roles.
	 * @param roles List of Strings with role names.
	 * @param request ServletRequest with address information.
	 * @return true if the user information in the request authorizes one of the roles.
	 */
	public boolean isRoleAuthorized(List roles, DigilibRequest request);

}