Interface Gatekeeper

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Gatekeeper

This interface is implemented by objects which are used to verify if an agent is allowed to play a certain role in a group. Objects implementing this interface could be used when creating a Group to secure it.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	allowAgentToTakeRole(String agentNetworkID, String roleName, Object memberCard)	This method is called to check if an agent is allowed to play a role in a group associated with this Gatekeeper.

Method Details

allowAgentToTakeRole

boolean allowAgentToTakeRole(String agentNetworkID,
 String roleName,
 Object memberCard)

This method is called to check if an agent is allowed to play a role in a group associated with this Gatekeeper.

Parameters:

agentNetworkID - a string identifying uniquely an agent, even over multiple connected kernels

roleName - the role the agent wants to play

memberCard - the access card provided by the agent

Returns:

true if the agent should be allowed to play this role in the group, or false otherwise associated with this Gatekeeper