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// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
//
// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
// All rights reserved.
// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
package com.netscape.certsrv.request;
/**
* Interface to a policy. The policy evaluates the request for
* correctness and completeness. It may change or add to values
* stored in the request. The policy object also decides
* whether a request should be queue to await approval by
* an agent.
* FUTURE: In this case, the policy should set the
* 'agentGroup' entry in the request to indicate the group
* of agents allowed to perform further processing. If none
* is set, a default value ("defaultAgentGroup") will be
* set instead.
*
* @version $Revision$, $Date$
*/
public interface IPolicy {
/**
* Applies the policy check to the request. The policy should
* determine whether the request can be processed immediately,
* or should be held pending manual approval.
* <p>
* The policy can update fields in the request, to add additional values
* or to restrict the values to pre-determined ranges.
* <p>
* @param request
* the request to check
* @return
* a result code indicating the result of the evaluation. The
* processor will determine the next request processing step based
* on this value
*/
PolicyResult apply(IRequest request);
}
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