Interface Trust

All Superinterfaces:

Browsable, Extensible, Identifiable, OsidObject

public interface Trust
extends OsidObject

Trust represents the level of confidence in an authentication. An Authentication OSID Provider may issue different Agents based on the authentication mechanism. Trust is a grouping of Agent "types" that can be inferred as equivalent from an authorization point of view.

The relationship among Agents and Trust is not explicity managed but understood by an Authentication OSID Provider when orchestration to an Authorization OSID Provider is desired.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TrustRecord	getTrustRecord(Type trustRecordType)	Gets the trust record corresponding to the given trust record Type .

Methods inherited from interface Browsable

getProperties, getPropertiesByRecordType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PropertyList	getProperties()	Gets a list of properties.
PropertyList	getPropertiesByRecordType(Type recordType)	Gets a list of properties corresponding to the specified record type.

Methods inherited from interface Extensible

getRecordTypes, hasRecordType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypeList	getRecordTypes()	Gets the record types available in this object.
boolean	hasRecordType(Type recordType)	Tests if this object supports the given record Type .

Methods inherited from interface Identifiable

getId, isCurrent

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Id	getId()	Gets the Id associated with this instance of this OSID object.
boolean	isCurrent()	Tests to see if the last method invoked retrieved up-to-date data.

Methods inherited from interface OsidObject

getDescription, getDisplayName, getGenusType, isOfGenusType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DisplayText	getDescription()	Gets the description associated with this instance of this OSID object.
DisplayText	getDisplayName()	Gets the preferred display name associated with this instance of this OSID object appropriate for display to the user.
Type	getGenusType()	Gets the genus type of this object.
boolean	isOfGenusType(Type genusType)	Tests if this object is of the given genus Type .

Method Details

getTrustRecord

TrustRecord getTrustRecord(Type trustRecordType)
                    throws OperationFailedException,
PermissionDeniedException

Gets the trust record corresponding to the given trust record Type . This method is used to retrieve an object implementing the requested. The trustRecordType may be the Type returned in getRecordTypes() or any of its parents in a Type hierarchy where hasRecordType(trustRecordType) is true .

Parameters:

trustRecordType - the type of trust record to retrieve

Returns:

the trust record

Throws:

NullArgumentException - trustRecordType is null

OperationFailedException - unable to complete request

PermissionDeniedException - authorization failure occurred

UnsupportedException - hasRecordType(trustRecordType) is false

Compliance:

mandatory - This method must be implemented.