NAME

App::Authorization - A service that is used by various application components to know what the current user is authorized to do

SYNOPSIS

use App;

$context = App->context();
$auth = $context->service("Authorization");  # or ...
$auth = $context->authorization();

DESCRIPTION

An Authorization service is a means by which by various application components to know what the current user is authorized to do.

Class Group: Authorization

The following classes might be a part of the Authorization Class Group.

• Class: App::Authorization

• Class: App::Authorization::SharedDatastore

Class: App::Authorization

An Authorization service ...

* Throws: App::Exception::Authorization
* Since:  0.01

Class Design

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Constructor Methods:

new()

The constructor is inherited from App::Service.

Public Methods:

is_authorized()

* Signature: $auth->is_authorized($key);
* Signature: $auth->is_authorized($key, $user);
* Signature: $auth->is_authorized($key, $user, $options);
* Signature: $auth->is_authorized($key, undef, $options);
* Param:     $key               string
* Param:     $user              string
* Param:     $options           HASH
* Return:    $is_auth           boolean
* Throws:    App::Exception::Authorization
* Since:     0.01

Sample Usage: 

$context = App->context();
$auth = $context->service("Authorization");  # or ...
$auth = $context->authorization();
if ($auth->is_authorized("/main/data/edit")) {
    # ...
}

Protected Methods:

service_type()

Returns 'Authorization';

* Signature: $service_type = App::Authorization->service_type();
* Param:     void
* Return:    $service_type  string
* Since:     0.01

$service_type = $auth->service_type();

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

* Author:  Stephen Adkins <spadkins@gmail.com>
* License: This is free software. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

App::Context, App::Service