[JCR-3037] Add getPath method to Authorizable interface

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: jackrabbit-api, jackrabbit-core
• Assignee: Angela Schreiber
• Reporter: Angela Schreiber
• Created: 02/Aug/11 10:22
• Updated: 08/Nov/11 15:56
• Resolved: 02/Aug/11 10:26

Description

currently the only way to retrieve the path of the item associated with an authorizable is to check if the
principal obtained through Authorizable#getPrincipal() is an ItemBasedPrincipal.

having a getPath method would provide a convenient shortcut and would in addition allow
to determine of there is really an item associated with a authorizable that is accessible for the editing
session (which is not necessarily the case for ItemBasedPrincipal#getPath