Eclipse RCP: How to manage user access permissions to resources?

Question

Is there a way in Eclipse ecosystem to manage access permissions to resources?

I need something like Linux filesystem permissions to allow/deny access to data in my Eclipse RCP application. Ie:

• User and group management

• Login management

• Read-write permission management for my resources (ie for my db records)

• EMF based (it's not mandatory but very useful)

I can develop all from scratch but I think it's a common need, so I suppose there is also something done.

Or am I wrong?

Thanks.

Edit: Subject fixed. Sorry

Answer 1

I am not aware of a one-size-fits-all solution for authorization, authentication, and data security in Eclipse, but there are various way you can build your own.

There is a lengthy discussion about the different ways to implement role based access control for UI Elements with Eclipse RCP in the Eclipse Bugzilla . This article is one example for how you can use Eclipse extension points to handle authorization.

What's the best way for authentication with a login dialog depends on your Eclipse Version. Here is a sophisticated way to build styled login dialogs in Eclipse e4.