bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/osgi/src/org/osgi/service/condpermadmin/Condition.java

/*
 * $Header: /cvshome/build/org.osgi.service.condpermadmin/src/org/osgi/service/condpermadmin/Condition.java,v 1.10 2005/08/05 01:36:21 hargrave Exp $
 *
 * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2004, 2005). All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this 
 * distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 */

package org.osgi.service.condpermadmin;

import java.util.Dictionary;

/**
 * The interface implemented by a Condition. Conditions are bound to Permissions
 * using Conditional Permission Info. The Permissions of a ConditionalPermission
 * Info can only be used if the associated Conditions are satisfied.
 * 
 * @version $Revision: 1.10 $
 */
public interface Condition {
	/**
	 * A Condition object that will always evaluate to true and that is never
	 * postponed.
	 */
	public final static Condition	TRUE	= new BooleanCondition(true);

	/**
	 * A Condition object that will always evaluate to false and that is never
	 * postponed.
	 */
	public final static Condition	FALSE	= new BooleanCondition(false);

	/**
	 * Returns whether the evaluation must be postponed until the end of the
	 * permission check. This method returns <code>true</code> if the
	 * evaluation of the Condition must be postponed until the end of the
	 * permission check. If this method returns <code>false</code>, this
	 * Condition must be able to directly answer the {@link #isSatisfied()}
	 * method. In other words, isSatisfied() will return very quickly since no
	 * external sources, such as for example users, need to be consulted.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> to indicate the evaluation must be postponed.
	 *         Otherwise, <code>false</code> if the evaluation can be
	 *         immediately performed.
	 */
	boolean isPostponed();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the Condition is satisfied.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> to indicate the Conditions is satisfied. must
	 *         be postponed. Otherwise, <code>false</code> if the Condition is
	 *         not satisfied.
	 */
	boolean isSatisfied();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the Condition is mutable.
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> to indicate the value returned by
	 *         {@link #isSatisfied()} can change. Otherwise, <code>false</code>
	 *         if the value returned by {@link #isSatisfied()} will not change.
	 */
	boolean isMutable();

	/**
	 * Returns whether a the set of Conditions are satisfied. Although this
	 * method is not static, it must be implemented as if it were static. All of
	 * the passed Conditions will be of the same type and will correspond to the
	 * class type of the object on which this method is invoked.
	 * 
	 * @param conditions The array of Conditions.
	 * @param context A Dictionary object that implementors can use to track
	 *        state. If this method is invoked multiple times in the same
	 *        permission evaluation, the same Dictionary will be passed multiple
	 *        times. The SecurityManager treats this Dictionary as an opaque
	 *        object and simply creates an empty dictionary and passes it to
	 *        subsequent invocations if multiple invocatios are needed.
	 * @return <code>true</code> if all the Conditions are satisfied.
	 *         Otherwise, <code>false</code> if one of the Conditions is not
	 *         satisfied.
	 */
	boolean isSatisfied(Condition conditions[], Dictionary context);

}

/**
 * Package internal class used to define the {@link Condition#FALSE} and
 * {@link Condition#TRUE} constants.
 */
final class BooleanCondition implements Condition {
	final boolean	satisfied;

	BooleanCondition(boolean satisfied) {
		this.satisfied = satisfied;
	}

	public boolean isPostponed() {
		return false;
	}

	public boolean isSatisfied() {
		return satisfied;
	}

	public boolean isMutable() {
		return false;
	}

	public boolean isSatisfied(Condition[] conds, Dictionary context) {
		for (int i = 0; i < conds.length; i++) {
			if (!conds[i].isSatisfied())
				return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

}