io.dropwizard.auth

Interface Authorizer<P extends Principal>

Type Parameters:

P - the type of principals

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingAuthorizer, PermitAllAuthorizer

public interface Authorizer<P extends Principal>

An interface for classes which authorize principal objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	authorize(P principal, String role) Decides if access is granted for the given principal in the given role.

Method Detail

authorize

boolean authorize(P principal,
                  String role)

Decides if access is granted for the given principal in the given role.

Parameters:

principal - a Principal object, representing a user

role - a user role

Returns:

true, if the access is granted, false otherwise