p2ps.group
Interface AuthorizationMechanism

All Known Implementing Classes:

CertificateAuthorizationMechanism

public interface AuthorizationMechanism

An authorization mechanisms is responsible for conducting the communication required to become authorized to join a group.

Version:

$Revision: 295 $

Author:

Ian Wang

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getAuthorizationTypes()
void	joinGroup(GroupAdvertisement groupad, Peer parent) Conducts the required communication to join the specified group.

Method Detail

getAuthorizationTypes

public java.lang.String[] getAuthorizationTypes()

Returns:

the authorization types handled by this mechanism

joinGroup

public void joinGroup(GroupAdvertisement groupad,
                      Peer parent)
               throws AuthorizationException,
                      java.io.IOException

Conducts the required communication to join the specified group.

Parameters:

groupad - the group adevrtisement

parent - the parent of the group peer (if known)

Throws:

AuthorizationException - if authorization is rejected

java.io.IOException