Authentication API

Data Structures
struct	_authfuncs
	Define the callback functions that should be implemented by a permissioning module. More...

Typedefs
typedef enum _authdirection	authdirection_t
	Define the mapping direction used for the authfuncs_t::map_object() call. More...

Enumerations

Functions
void	auth_deregister_functions ()
	Disable the auth API. More...
void	auth_invalidate_peer_perms (int peernum)
	Invalidate permissions for an individual peer. More...
void	auth_invalidate_perms ()
	Invalidate permissions for all peers. More...
void	auth_register_functions (authfuncs_t *auth)
	Register a set of functions for handling auth capabilities. More...

Detailed Description

Transformer is the core component of the PriceMaster vendor distribution system. The auth API is used within PriceMaster to permission output peers. We do not envisage that a normal implementation of Transformer will use this API, and thus its use is unsupported.

Typedef Documentation

typedef enum _authdirection authdirection_t

Define the mapping direction used for the authfuncs_t::map_object() call.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum _authdirection

Define the mapping direction used for the authfuncs_t::map_object() call.

Enumerator
MAP_FORWARD	Map from the backend feed name to the output name
MAP_REVERSE	Map from the output name to the backend feed name

Function Documentation

void auth_deregister_functions

(

)

Disable the auth API.

void auth_invalidate_peer_perms

(

int

peernum

)

Invalidate permissions for an individual peer.

Parameters

peernum

- Peer to invalidate permissions for

void auth_invalidate_perms

(

)

Invalidate permissions for all peers.

void auth_register_functions

(

authfuncs_t *

auth

)

Register a set of functions for handling auth capabilities.

Parameters

auth	struct containing pointers to the appropriate functions

Returns

nothing