PolicyEvaluator (Broadleaf Data Tracking Core 1.7.1-GA API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TrackableEntityPolicyEvaluator
```
public interface PolicyEvaluator
```
Validate security context required to execute a method annotated with Policy.

Author:

Jeff Fischer

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PolicyResponse`	`validate(Map<Integer,Object> methodParams, PolicyInformation policy, ContextInfo contextInfo, OperationType operationType)`	Validate security context required to execute a method annotated with `Policy`.
`PolicyResponse`	`validateReadOutput(Object output, PolicyInformation policy)`	Validate the output of a read method for methods annotated with a Policy of the `IdentityType.OWNER` type and a matching user of the owner type (see `TrackablePolicyUtils#isOwnerUser()`).

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
PolicyResponse validate(Map<Integer,Object> methodParams,
                        PolicyInformation policy,
                        ContextInfo contextInfo,
                        OperationType operationType)
```
    Validate security context required to execute a method annotated with Policy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    methodParams - The method parameters in the method call being validated
    
    policy - The Policy annotation on the method
    
    Returns:
    
    The result of the validation
  - validateReadOutput
```
PolicyResponse validateReadOutput(Object output,
                                  PolicyInformation policy)
```
    Validate the output of a read method for methods annotated with a Policy of the IdentityType.OWNER type and a matching user of the owner type (see TrackablePolicyUtils#isOwnerUser()).
    
    Parameters:
    
    output - The results of the read operation
    
    policy - The Policy annotation on the method
    
    Returns:
    
    The result of the validation