XACMLRequestBuilder.java

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package org.apache.cxf.rt.security.saml.xacml2;

import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
import org.opensaml.xacml.ctx.RequestType;


/**
 * This interface defines a way to create an XACML 2.0 Request using OpenSAML
 */
public interface XACMLRequestBuilder {

    /**
     * Create an XACML Request given a Principal, list of roles and Message.
     *
     * @param principal The principal to insert into the Subject of the Request
     * @param roles The list of roles associated with the principal
     * @param message The Message from which to retrieve the resource
     * @return An OpenSAML RequestType object
     * @throws Exception
     */
    RequestType createRequest(Principal principal, List<String> roles, Message message) throws Exception;

}