sirius.web.http

Interface Firewall

public interface Firewall

Permits an application to provide a firewall which can perform IP filtering and rate limiting.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	handleRateLimiting(WebContext ctx, String realm) Performs rate limiting for the given request and realm.
boolean	isIPBlacklisted(WebContext ctx) Determines if the remote IP of the given request is blacklisted

Method Detail

isIPBlacklisted

boolean isIPBlacklisted(WebContext ctx)

Determines if the remote IP of the given request is blacklisted

Parameters:

ctx - the request to check

Returns:

true if the remote IP is blacklisted, false otherwise

handleRateLimiting

boolean handleRateLimiting(WebContext ctx,
                           String realm)

Performs rate limiting for the given request and realm.

Parameters:

ctx - the request to check

realm - the realm to use for rate limiting

Returns:

true if the request was handled due to rate limiting, false otherwise

See Also:

Limited, Unlimited