AccessPoemException.java

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package org.melati.poem;

/**
 * Thrown when an authorisation problem occurs, that is when 
 * a {@link User} does not have the required {@link Capability} 
 * or is not in a {@link Group} with the required {@link Capability} 
 * to access a restricted object.
 */
public class AccessPoemException extends PoemException {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  /** The User's Token. */
  public AccessToken token;
  /** The required Capability. */
  public Capability capability;

  // This is required to report the exception outside of a session.
  private String capabilityString;

  public AccessPoemException(Exception problem,
                             AccessToken token, Capability capability) {
    super(problem);
    this.token = token;
    this.capability = capability;
    this.capabilityString = (capability == null ?
                             null : capability.toString());
  }

  public AccessPoemException(AccessToken token, Capability capability) {
    this(null, token, capability);
  }

  public AccessPoemException(AccessPoemException e) {
    this(e, e.token, e.capability);
  }

  public AccessPoemException() {
    this(null, null);
  }

  /** @return null */
  public String getActionDescription() {
    return null;
  }

  /** @return The detail message */
  public String getMessage() {
    String ad = getActionDescription();
    // Not sure what the rules are here.
    if (capability != null && PoemThread.inSession()) {
      capabilityString = capability.toString();
    }
    return
        "You need the capability " + capabilityString +
        (ad == null ? "" : " to " + ad) + " but your access token " +
        token + " doesn't confer it";
  }
  
    /** @return the AccessToken */
  public AccessToken getToken() {
    return token;
  }
}