com.gigaspaces.security.fs
Interface FileService

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalFileService, URLFileService

public interface FileService

Defines an interface for accessing UserDetails and RoleDetails stored in a file. The contents read from the service are cached and refreshed by comparing the last modification time.

Since:

7.0.1

Author:

Moran Avigdor

See Also:

LocalFileService, URLFileService

Field Summary

static String

FILE_SERVICE_CLASS_PROPERTY_KEY The property key identifying the FileService implementation class name

Method Summary

boolean	fileExists() Checks the existence of the file
void	init(Properties properties) Initialize the FileService implementation with the properties supplied to the SecurityManager.
long	lastModified() The last time the file was modified.
byte[]	readFromFile() Reads from a file, returning a byte array representation of the contents.
void	writeToFile(byte[] bytes) Write to a file a byte array representation of the contents.

Field Detail

FILE_SERVICE_CLASS_PROPERTY_KEY

static final String FILE_SERVICE_CLASS_PROPERTY_KEY

The property key identifying the FileService implementation class name

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

init

void init(Properties properties)
          throws IOException

Initialize the FileService implementation with the properties supplied to the SecurityManager.

Parameters:

properties -

Throws:

IOException

fileExists

boolean fileExists()

Checks the existence of the file

Returns:

true if and only if the file exists; false otherwise.

readFromFile

byte[] readFromFile()
                    throws IOException

Reads from a file, returning a byte array representation of the contents.

Returns:

a file as a byte array.

Throws:

IOException - If any exception occurred while reading from a file.

writeToFile

void writeToFile(byte[] bytes)
                 throws IOException

Write to a file a byte array representation of the contents.

Parameters:

bytes - contents as a byte array.

Throws:

IOException - If any exception occurred while writing to a file.

lastModified

long lastModified()

The last time the file was modified. This serves as an indication for refreshing internal cache of the file contents. By comparing the last saved modification time and the current modification time. -1 should be returned to force a refresh. Same value should be returned to avoid a refresh.

Returns:

A long value representing the time the file was last modified.