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package com.sun.xacml.finder;

import com.sun.xacml.AbstractPolicy;

import com.sun.xacml.ctx.Status;


/**
 * This is used as the return value for the findPolicy() methods in the
 * <code>PolicyFinder</code>. It communicates either a found policy that
 * applied to the request (eg, the target matches), an Indeterminate state,
 * or no applicable policies.
 * <p>
 * The OnlyOneApplicable combining logic is used in looking for a policy,
 * so the result from calling findPolicy can never be more than one policy.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 * @author Seth Proctor
 */
public class PolicyFinderResult
{

    // the single policy being returned
    private AbstractPolicy policy;

    // status that represents an error occurred
    private Status status;

    /**
     * Creates a result saying that no applicable policies were found.
     */
    public PolicyFinderResult() {
        policy = null;
        status = null;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a result containing a single applicable policy.
     *
     * @param policy the applicable policy
     */
    public PolicyFinderResult(AbstractPolicy policy) {
        this.policy = policy;
        status = null;
    }

    /**
     * Create a result of Indeterminate, including Status data.
     *
     * @param status the error information
     */
    public PolicyFinderResult(Status status) {
        policy = null;
        this.status = status;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the result was NotApplicable.
     *
     * @return true if the result was NotApplicable
     */
    public boolean notApplicable() {
        return ((policy == null) && (status == null));
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the result was Indeterminate.
     *
     * @return true if there was an error
     */
    public boolean indeterminate() {
        return (status != null);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the found policy, or null if there was an error or no policy
     * was found.
     *
     * @return the applicable policy or null
     */
    public AbstractPolicy getPolicy() {
        return policy;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the status if there was an error, or null if no error occurred.
     *
     * @return the error status data or null
     */
    public Status getStatus() {
        return status;
    }

}
