On 2011-07-19, at 11:36 AM, Amy Worrall wrote:

>> I'd centralize all knowledge of this in some object like SecurityManager 
>> whose job it is authorize user actions.  You could provide access to that 
>> via the session, but I think a better approach is to use ERXThreadStorage 
>> and access it via the thread.  That way you avoid needing the 
>> component-session link.
> 
> Sounds good. So, if I were using Direct2Web, I could have delegate
> methods that call the SecurityManager to check that a certain action
> is allowed?

That sounds right, but I will defer to someone who is more of a D2W guru than 
I.  Which is almost everyone.


> I guess I should have a method like userCanEditProfile(User
> userToCheckPermissions, User targetProfile), returning a boolean, so
> that SecurityManager doesn't need to hit the session itself?

The Security manager would be created with the user.  So in my mind, the 
request would be more like
securityManager().userHasPermissionFor(Permission.CanEditProfile, targetProfile)


> Thanks for your help so far everyone. For me, the hardest part of
> using WO is knowing what's best practice in a certain situation. Your
> replies are all very helpful.


Onward and upward!  :-)

Chuck

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