NAME

       CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization::Driver - Base module for building driver classes
       for CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization

SYNOPSIS

        package CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization::Driver::MyDriver;
        use base qw(CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization::Driver);

         sub authorize_user {
             my $self = shift;
             my @params = @_;

             if ( >>> Valid Access Permissions <<< ) {
                 return 1;
             }
             return;
         }

DESCRIPTION

       This module is a base class for all driver classes for the
       CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization plugin.  Each driver class is required to provide
       only one method to authorize the given parameters.  Often this will be a list of groups
       that the user needs to be a part of, although it could be anything.

METHODS

   new
       This is a constructor that can create a new Driver object.  It requires an Authorization
       object as its first parameter, and any number of other parameters that will be used as
       options depending on which Driver object is being created.  You shouldn't need to call
       this as the Authorization plugin takes care of creating Driver objects.

   initialize
       This method will be called right after a new Driver object is created.  So any startup
       customizations can be dealt with here.

   options
       This will return a list of options that were provided when this driver was configured by
       the user.

   find_option
       This method will search the Driver options for a specific key and return the value it
       finds.  This method assumes that the Driver configuration contains a hash of information.
       If it does not, then you will have to parse the option manually in the subclass.

   authz
       This will return the underlying CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization object.  In most
       cases it will not be necessary to access this.

   username
       This will return the name of the current logged in user by calling the "username" method
       documented in CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization.

   authorize
        # User must be in the admin group to have access to this runmode
        return $self->authz->forbidden unless $self->authz->authorize('admin');

       This method will verify that the currently logged in user (as found through username)
       passes the authorization checks based on the given parameters, usually a list of groups.

   authorize_user
       This method needs to be provided by the driver class.  It needs to be an object method
       that accepts a username, followed by a list of parameters, and will verify that the user
       passes the authorization checks based on the given parameters.  It should return a true
       value if the checks succeed.

SEE ALSO

       CGI::Application::Plugin::Authorization, perl(1)

AUTHOR

       Cees Hek <ceeshek@gmail.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005, SiteSuite. All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

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