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/ SPOPS::Impl::Security

NAME

SPOPS::Impl::Security - Implement a security object and basic operations

SYNOPSIS

use SPOPS::Secure qw( :all );
my $sec_class = 'SPOPS::Impl::Security';

# Create a security object with level WRITE
# for user $user on object $obj
my $sec = $sec_class->new();
$sec->{class}    = ref $obj;
$sec->{oid}      = $obj->id;
$sec->{scope}    = SEC_SCOPE_USER;
$sec->{scope_id} = $user->id;
$sec->{level}    = SEC_LEVEL_WRITE;
$sec->save;

# Clone that object and change its scope to 
# GROUP and level to READ
my $secg = $sec->clone( scope => SEC_SCOPE_GROUP, 
                        scope_id => $group->id,
                        level => SEC_LEVEL_READ );
$secg->save;

DESCRIPTION

This class works a little behind-the-scenes, so you probably will not deal directly with it very much. Instead, check out SPOPS::Secure for module developer (and other) information.

Each security setting to an object is itself an object. In this manner we can use the SPOPS framework to create/edit/remove security settings. (Note that if you modify the 'SPOPS::Impl::SecurityObj' class to use 'SPOPS::Secure' in its @ISA, you will probably collapse the Earth -- or at least your system -- in a self-referential object definition cycle. Do not do that.)

METHODS

fetch_match( $obj, scope = SCOPE, scope_id => $ );

Returns a security object matching the $obj for the scope and scope_id passed in, undef if none found.

Examples:

my $sec_class = 'SPOPS::Impl::SecurityObj';

# Returns security object matching $obj with a scope of WORLD
my $secw = $sec_class->fetch_match( $obj, scope => SEC_SCOPE_WORLD );

# Returns security object matching $obj with a scope of GROUP
# matching the ID from $group
my $secg = $sec_class->fetch_match( $obj, scope => SEC_SCOPE_GROUP,
                                    scope_id => $group->id );

# Returns security object matching $obj with a scope of USER
# matching the ID from $user
my $secg = $sec_class->fetch_match( $obj, scope => SEC_SCOPE_USER,
                                    scope_id => $user->id );

fetch_by_object( $obj, { user = \@, group => \@ ... } )>

Returns a hashref with security information for a particular object. The keys of the hashref are SEC_SCOPE_WORLD, SEC_SCOPE_USER, and SEC_SCOPE_GROUP as exported by SPOPS::Secure.

You can restrict the security returned for USER and/or GROUP by passing a hashref of objects or ID values under the 'user' or 'group' keys.

You can also pass in a 'class' and 'oid' value to use that for the object identifier for the lookup.

Examples:

my \%info = $sec->fetch_by_object( $obj );

Returns all security information for $obj.

my \%info = $sec->fetch_by_object( $obj, { user => [ 1, 2, 3 ] } );

Returns $obj security information for WORLD, all GROUPs but only USERs with ID 1, 2 or 3.

my \%info = $sec->fetch_by_object( $obj, { user => [ 1, 2, 3 ],
                                           group => [ 817, 901, 716 ] } );

Returns $obj security information for WORLD, USERs 1, 2 and 3 and GROUPs 817, 901, 716.

TO DO

BUGS

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2000 intes.net, inc.. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHORS

Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>