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+\r
+\r
+package org.onap.dmaap.datarouter.authz;\r
+\r
+import java.util.Map;\r
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * A Data Router API that requires authorization of incoming requests creates an instance of a class that implements\r
+ * the <code>Authorizer</code> interface. The class implements all of the logic necessary to determine if an API\r
+ * request is permitted. In Data Router R1, the classes that implement the <code>Authorizer</code> interface will have\r
+ * local logic that makes the authorization decision. After R1, these classes will instead have logic that creates XACML\r
+ * authorization requests, sends these requests to a Policy Decision Point (PDP), and parses the XACML responses.\r
+ * \r
+ * @author J. F. Lucas\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+public interface Authorizer {\r
+ /**\r
+ * Determine if the API request carried in the <code>request</code> parameter is permitted.\r
+ * \r
+ * @param request the HTTP request for which an authorization decision is needed\r
+ * @return an object implementing the <code>AuthorizationResponse</code> interface. This object includes the\r
+ * permit/deny decision for the request and (after R1) supplemental information related to the response in the form\r
+ * of advice and obligations.\r
+ */\r
+ public AuthorizationResponse decide(HttpServletRequest request);\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+ * Determine if the API request carried in the <code>request</code> parameter, with additional attributes provided in\r
+ * the <code>additionalAttrs</code> parameter, is permitted.\r
+ * \r
+ * @param request the HTTP request for which an authorization decision is needed\r
+ * @param additionalAttrs additional attributes that the <code>Authorizer</code> can in making an authorization decision\r
+ * @return an object implementing the <code>AuthorizationResponse</code> interface. This object includes the\r
+ * permit/deny decision for the request and (after R1) supplemental information related to the response in the form\r
+ * of advice and obligations.\r
+ */\r
+ public AuthorizationResponse decide(HttpServletRequest request, Map<String,String> additionalAttrs);\r
+}\r