Package: content_permission

Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/www/doc/api/permission.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/www/doc/api/permission.html,v diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/www/doc/api/permission.html 13 Mar 2001 22:59:26 -0000 1.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/www/doc/api/permission.html 7 Aug 2017 23:47:47 -0000 1.2 @@ -1,461 +1,462 @@ - - - Package: content_permission - - - - -

content_permission

-Content Repository : content_permission -

- -

Overview
Related Objects
API

- - -

Overview

Permissions can be set to allow certain users certain things. -- They can be compared with the Unix filesystem permission: read, write ... -

- -

Related Objects

-See also: {content_item - -} -

- - -

API

Function: content_permission.has_grant_authority - -

Determine if the user may grant a certain permission to another -user. The permission may only be granted if the user has -the permission himself and posesses the cm_perm access, or if the -user posesses the cm_perm_admin access. -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Returns: 't' if the donation is possible, 'f' otherwise

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
holder_id:    The person who is attempting to grant the permissions -
privilege:    The privilege to be granted -

Declaration:


-  function has_grant_authority (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  ) return varchar2;
-
-

See Also: content_permission.grant_permission, content_permission.is_has_revoke_authority, -acs_permission.grant_permission

- -

Function: content_permission.has_revoke_authority - -

Determine if the user may take a certain permission away from another -user. The permission may only be revoked if the user has -the permission himself and posesses the cm_perm access, while the -other user does not, or if the user posesses the cm_perm_admin access. -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Returns: 't' if it is possible to revoke the privilege, 'f' otherwise

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
holder_id:    The person who is attempting to revoke the permissions -
privilege:    The privilege to be revoked -
revokee_id:    The user from whom the privilege is to be taken away -

Declaration:


-  function has_revoke_authority (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE,
-    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE
-  ) return varchar2;
-
-

See Also: content_permission.has_grant_authority, content_permission.revoke_permission, -acs_permission.revoke_permission

- -

Function: content_permission.permission_p - -

Determine if the user has the specified permission on the specified -object. Does NOT check objects recursively: that is, if the user has -the permission on the parent object, he does not automatically gain -the permission on all the child objects. -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Returns: 't' if the user has the specified permission on the object, -'f' otherwise

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be checked -
holder_id:    The person whose permissions are to be examined -
privilege:    The privilege to be checked -

Declaration:


-  function permission_p (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  ) return varchar2;
-
-

See Also: content_permission.grant_permission, content_permission.revoke_permission, -acs_permission.permission_p

- -

Procedure: content_permission.grant_permission - -

This is a helper function for content_permission.grant_permission and -should not be called individually.

-Grants a permission and revokes all descendants of the permission, since -they are no longer relevant. -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
grantee_id:    The person who should gain the parent privilege -
privilege:    The parent privilege to be granted -

Declaration:


-  procedure grant_permission_h (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    grantee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  );
-
-

See Also: content_permission.grant_permission

- -

Procedure: content_permission.grant_permission_h - -

This is a helper function for content_permission.grant_permission and -should not be called individually.

-Grants a permission and revokes all descendants of the permission, since -they are no longer relevant. -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
grantee_id:    The person who should gain the parent privilege -
privilege:    The parent privilege to be granted -

Declaration:


-  procedure grant_permission_h (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    grantee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  );
-
-

See Also: content_permission.grant_permission

- -

Procedure: content_permission.inherit_permissions - -

Make the child object inherit all of the permissions of the parent -object. Typically, this function is called whenever a new object -is created under a given parent -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - -
parent_object_id: The parent object id -
child_object_id: The child object id -

Declaration:


-  procedure inherit_permissions (
-    parent_object_id  in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    child_object_id   in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    child_creator_id  in parties.party_id%TYPE default null
-  );
-
-

See Also: content_permission.grant, acs_permission.grant_permission

- -

Procedure: content_permission.revoke_permission - -

This is a helper function for content_permission.revoke_permission and -should not be called individually.

-Revokes a permission but grants all child permissions to the holder, to -ensure that the permission is not permanently lost -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
revokee_id:    The person who should lose the parent permission -
privilege:    The parent privilege to be revoked -

Declaration:


-  procedure revoke_permission_h (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  );
-
-

See Also: content_permission.revoke_permission

- -

Procedure: content_permission.revoke_permission_h - -

This is a helper function for content_permission.revoke_permission and -should not be called individually.

-Revokes a permission but grants all child permissions to the holder, to -ensure that the permission is not permanently lost -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Author: Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed -
revokee_id:    The person who should lose the parent permission -
privilege:    The parent privilege to be revoked -

Declaration:


-  procedure revoke_permission_h (
-    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
-    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
-    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
-  );
-
-

See Also: content_permission.revoke_permission

- -

- - -Last Modified: $Id$ - - - + + + Package: content_permission + + + + +

content_permission

+Content Repository : content_permission +

+ +

Overview
Related Objects
API

+ + +

Overview

Permissions can be set to allow certain users certain things. +- They can be compared with the Unix filesystem permission: read, write ... +

+ +

Related Objects

+See also: {content_item + +} +

+ + +

API

Function: content_permission.has_grant_authority + +

Determine if the user may grant a certain permission to another +user. The permission may only be granted if the user has +the permission himself and possesses the cm_perm access, or if the +user possesses the cm_perm_admin access. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Returns:

't' if the donation is possible, 'f' otherwise

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
holder_id:    The person who is attempting to grant the permissions +
privilege:    The privilege to be granted +

Declaration:


+  function has_grant_authority (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  ) return varchar2;
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.grant_permission, content_permission.is_has_revoke_authority, +acs_permission.grant_permission

+ +

Function: content_permission.has_revoke_authority + +

Determine if the user may take a certain permission away from another +user. The permission may only be revoked if the user has +the permission himself and possesses the cm_perm access, while the +other user does not, or if the user possesses the cm_perm_admin access. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Returns:

't' if it is possible to revoke the privilege, 'f' otherwise

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
holder_id:    The person who is attempting to revoke the permissions +
privilege:    The privilege to be revoked +
revokee_id:    The user from whom the privilege is to be taken away +

Declaration:


+  function has_revoke_authority (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE,
+    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE
+  ) return varchar2;
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.has_grant_authority, content_permission.revoke_permission, +acs_permission.revoke_permission

+ +

Function: content_permission.permission_p + +

Determine if the user has the specified permission on the specified +object. Does NOT check objects recursively: that is, if the user has +the permission on the parent object, he does not automatically gain +the permission on all the child objects. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Returns:

't' if the user has the specified permission on the object, +'f' otherwise

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be checked +
holder_id:    The person whose permissions are to be examined +
privilege:    The privilege to be checked +

Declaration:


+  function permission_p (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    holder_id         in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  ) return varchar2;
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.grant_permission, content_permission.revoke_permission, +acs_permission.permission_p

+ +

Procedure: content_permission.grant_permission + +

This is a helper function for content_permission.grant_permission and +should not be called individually.

+Grants a permission and revokes all descendants of the permission, since +they are no longer relevant. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
grantee_id:    The person who should gain the parent privilege +
privilege:    The parent privilege to be granted +

Declaration:


+  procedure grant_permission_h (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    grantee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  );
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.grant_permission

+ +

Procedure: content_permission.grant_permission_h + +

This is a helper function for content_permission.grant_permission and +should not be called individually.

+Grants a permission and revokes all descendants of the permission, since +they are no longer relevant. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
grantee_id:    The person who should gain the parent privilege +
privilege:    The parent privilege to be granted +

Declaration:


+  procedure grant_permission_h (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    grantee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  );
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.grant_permission

+ +

Procedure: content_permission.inherit_permissions + +

Make the child object inherit all of the permissions of the parent +object. Typically, this function is called whenever a new object +is created under a given parent +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + +
parent_object_id: The parent object id +
child_object_id: The child object id +

Declaration:


+  procedure inherit_permissions (
+    parent_object_id  in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    child_object_id   in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    child_creator_id  in parties.party_id%TYPE default null
+  );
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.grant, acs_permission.grant_permission

+ +

Procedure: content_permission.revoke_permission + +

This is a helper function for content_permission.revoke_permission and +should not be called individually.

+Revokes a permission but grants all child permissions to the holder, to +ensure that the permission is not permanently lost +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
revokee_id:    The person who should lose the parent permission +
privilege:    The parent privilege to be revoked +

Declaration:


+  procedure revoke_permission_h (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  );
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.revoke_permission

+ +

Procedure: content_permission.revoke_permission_h + +

This is a helper function for content_permission.revoke_permission and +should not be called individually.

+Revokes a permission but grants all child permissions to the holder, to +ensure that the permission is not permanently lost +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Author:

Karl Goldstein

Parameters:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
object_id:    The object whose permissions are to be changed +
revokee_id:    The person who should lose the parent permission +
privilege:    The parent privilege to be revoked +

Declaration:


+  procedure revoke_permission_h (
+    object_id         in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE,
+    revokee_id        in parties.party_id%TYPE,
+    privilege         in acs_privileges.privilege%TYPE
+  );
+
+

See Also:

content_permission.revoke_permission

+ +

+ + +Last Modified: $Id$ + + +