Package com.netscape.certsrv.request
Interface IPolicy
- All Known Subinterfaces:
IEnrollmentPolicy
,IKeyArchivalPolicy
,IKeyRecoveryPolicy
,IPolicyProcessor
,IPolicyRule
,IRenewalPolicy
,IRevocationPolicy
- All Known Implementing Classes:
APolicyRule
,GenericPolicyProcessor
,ManualAuthentication
public interface IPolicy
Interface to a policy. The policy evaluates the request for
correctness and completeness. It may change or add to values
stored in the request. The policy object also decides
whether a request should be queue to await approval by
an agent.
FUTURE: In this case, the policy should set the
'agentGroup' entry in the request to indicate the group
of agents allowed to perform further processing. If none
is set, a default value ("defaultAgentGroup") will be
set instead.
- Version:
- $Revision$, $Date$
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionApplies the policy check to the request.
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Method Details
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apply
Applies the policy check to the request. The policy should determine whether the request can be processed immediately, or should be held pending manual approval.The policy can update fields in the request, to add additional values or to restrict the values to pre-determined ranges.
- Parameters:
request
- the request to check- Returns:
- a result code indicating the result of the evaluation. The processor will determine the next request processing step based on this value
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