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TAO_Policy_Validator Class Referenceabstract

An abstract class for plugging in different Policy Validator mechanisms. More...

#include <Policy_Validator.h>

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Public Member Functions

 TAO_Policy_Validator (TAO_ORB_Core &orb_core)
 Constructor.
 
virtual ~TAO_Policy_Validator (void)
 Destructor.
 
void validate (TAO_Policy_Set &policies)
 
void merge_policies (TAO_Policy_Set &policies)
 
CORBA::Boolean legal_policy (CORBA::PolicyType type)
 
void add_validator (TAO_Policy_Validator *validator)
 
TAO_ORB_Coreorb_core () const
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void validate_impl (TAO_Policy_Set &policies)=0
 
virtual void merge_policies_impl (TAO_Policy_Set &policies)=0
 
virtual CORBA::Boolean legal_policy_impl (CORBA::PolicyType type)=0
 

Protected Attributes

TAO_ORB_Coreorb_core_
 

Private Member Functions

void operator= (const TAO_Policy_Validator &)
 
 TAO_Policy_Validator (const TAO_Policy_Validator &)
 

Private Attributes

TAO_Policy_Validatornext_
 

Detailed Description

An abstract class for plugging in different Policy Validator mechanisms.

This class was moved from the PortableServer library. The Portable Serever library used this abstraction to add policy validators to for the policies in the POA. This class seems so much useful for passing policy information between different loaded libraries.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TAO_Policy_Validator::TAO_Policy_Validator ( TAO_ORB_Core orb_core)

Constructor.

TAO_Policy_Validator::~TAO_Policy_Validator ( void  )
virtual

Destructor.

TAO_Policy_Validator::TAO_Policy_Validator ( const TAO_Policy_Validator )
private

Member Function Documentation

void TAO_Policy_Validator::add_validator ( TAO_Policy_Validator validator)

Adds a validator to the "chain of validators". The TAO_POA_Policy_Validator implements something that looks like a chain of responsability in which different member of the chain have the responsability of validating a given set of policies.

CORBA::Boolean TAO_Policy_Validator::legal_policy ( CORBA::PolicyType  type)

Return whether the specified policy type is legal for the current configuration. This is needed since the user can potentially specify policies that are unknown to an validate () routine, and these need to be caught.

virtual CORBA::Boolean TAO_Policy_Validator::legal_policy_impl ( CORBA::PolicyType  type)
protectedpure virtual
void TAO_Policy_Validator::merge_policies ( TAO_Policy_Set policies)

Add/merge policies.

virtual void TAO_Policy_Validator::merge_policies_impl ( TAO_Policy_Set policies)
protectedpure virtual
void TAO_Policy_Validator::operator= ( const TAO_Policy_Validator )
private
TAO_ORB_Core & TAO_Policy_Validator::orb_core ( ) const

Accessor for the stored ORB core reference

void TAO_Policy_Validator::validate ( TAO_Policy_Set policies)

Validate that the policies in the specified set are consistent and legal. Throw an appropriate exception if that is not the case.

virtual void TAO_Policy_Validator::validate_impl ( TAO_Policy_Set policies)
protectedpure virtual

Member Data Documentation

TAO_Policy_Validator* TAO_Policy_Validator::next_
private
TAO_ORB_Core& TAO_Policy_Validator::orb_core_
protected

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