[JCR-2446] Allow for the registration of custom privileges.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.6
• Component/s: jackrabbit-core, security
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mat Lowery
• Created: 23/Dec/09 19:58
• Updated: 13/Feb/12 23:47
• Resolved: 15/Jan/10 13:26

Description

I would like for Jackrabbit to be able to write and read a custom privilege. In this case, the privilege I want to add represents the right to execute a file. While this privilege means nothing to Jackrabbit, I can use it in the "execution engine" of my app to allow or deny the execution.

Here are some related issues:

• PrivilegeRegistry is accessed statically in some parts of the code. This might need to change if PrivilegeRegistry is pluggable.
• PrivilegeRegistry.ALL is the result of ORing all known bits. Why not make this -1 (all bits enabled) to future-proof this constant?

Issue Links

• relates to: JCR-2887 Split PrivilegeRegistry in a per-session manager instance and a repository level registry