Package de.fraunhofer.iese.mydata.component.interfaces

Interface IPolicyInformationPoint

All Superinterfaces:

IMyDataComponent

public interface IPolicyInformationPoint
extends IMyDataComponent

Policy Information Points provide additional information used by PDPs.

Author:

Fraunhofer IESE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DataObject<?>	evaluate(PipRequest request)	Evaluates a certain method or condition.

Methods inherited from interface de.fraunhofer.iese.mydata.component.interfaces.IMyDataComponent

getHealth, getId, reset

Method Detail

evaluate

DataObject<?> evaluate(PipRequest request)
                throws IOException,
                       InformationUndeterminableException

Evaluates a certain method or condition.

Parameters:

request - Object which contains detailed information (context name and its parameters) about the PIP request

Returns:

A DataObject containing the evaluation result and the evaluation result type.

Throws:

IOException - if communication is failed

InformationUndeterminableException - if sent PIP request is semantically not processable by PIP