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#pragma once
#include "Api.h"
#include "ObjectManager.h"
#include "Types.h"
#include <set>
/**
* @file PermissionsManager.h
* @brief Declares authentication and object-access checks.
*/
namespace nt
{
/**
* @brief Evaluates connection claims and object permissions.
*
* Permission checks are intentionally separated from lookup. The object
* manager can retrieve a candidate object, while this manager decides
* whether the caller is allowed to use it.
*/
class NT_API PermissionsManager
{
public:
/**
* @brief Validates a connection during login.
* @param method Authentication method used by the connection.
* @return Claims granted to the authenticated connection.
*/
std::set<AUTH_CLAIM> Firewall(AUTH_METHOD method);
/**
* @brief Validates permission to an object.
*
* Checks the security descriptor on the head of the object found in
* ObjectManager::registry. It should also check connection metadata
* that is still to be defined, such as user group and policy.
*
* It is still undecided whether this should run on every attempt to get
* hold of an object, since that might produce significant overhead.
*
* @param object Object being accessed.
* @param connection_context Connection metadata for the caller.
* @return True when access is allowed.
*/
const bool Access(const ObjectManager::registry* object, const void* connection_context);
};
}
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