Issue 4480: PKIAuthority module - definition of RequestManager                                                                                                                                                      (pki-ftf)
Source: OSM (Mr. Stephen McConnell, mcconnell@osm.net)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: Under the PKIAuthority module there is an interface call
RegistrationAuthority.  This interface basically provides operations through
which the client gets a reference to a object derived from RequestManager.
For all practical purposes the RequestManager is an abstract type, whereas
the derived managers (certificate request manager, key revocation manager,
key recovery manager, key update manager) are concrete.  As such, the
definition of RequestManager should be changed from a concrete to an
abstract interface.

 /**
  * Generic interface for a manager object.
  */
   abstract interface RequestManager
   {
       .....
   };


Resolution: Change IDL to make RequestManager and abstract interface
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
August 8, 2001: received issue
July 5, 2002: closed issue
Discussion: 

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From: "Stephen McConnell" <mcconnell@osm.net>
To: <pki-ftf@emerald.omg.org>
Subject: PKIAuthority module - definition of RequestManager
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:06:52 +0200
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Under the PKIAuthority module there is an interface call
RegistrationAuthority.  This interface basically provides operations
through
which the client gets a reference to a object derived from
RequestManager.
For all practical purposes the RequestManager is an abstract type,
whereas
the derived managers (certificate request manager, key revocation
manager,
key recovery manager, key update manager) are concrete.  As such, the
definition of RequestManager should be changed from a concrete to an
abstract interface.

 /**
  * Generic interface for a manager object.
  */
   abstract interface RequestManager
   {
       .....
   };


Cheers, Steve.

Stephen J. McConnell, OSM sarl
digital products for a global economy
http://www.osm.net
mailto:mcconnell@osm.net

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cc: pki-ftf@emerald.omg.org, gibson@dstc.qut.edu.au
Subject: Re: PKIAuthority module - definition of RequestManager 
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   of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:06:52 +0200."
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Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 09:27:06 +1000
From: Simon Gibson <gibson@dstc.qut.edu.au>
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Stephen,

Agreed.

Simon

ps. I am making progress implementing the valuetypes for certificates
etc. 
No specific issues as yet. I am having a couple of days off and
hopefully 
after that I can look deeper into the Repository stuff.

> 
> Under the PKIAuthority module there is an interface call
> RegistrationAuthority.  This interface basically provides operations
> through
> which the client gets a reference to a object derived from
> RequestManager.
> For all practical purposes the RequestManager is an abstract type,
> whereas
> the derived managers (certificate request manager, key revocation
> manager,
> key recovery manager, key update manager) are concrete.  As such,
> the
> definition of RequestManager should be changed from a concrete to an
> abstract interface.
> 
>  /**
>   * Generic interface for a manager object.
>   */
>    abstract interface RequestManager
>    {
>        .....
>    };
> 
> 
> Cheers, Steve.
> 
> Stephen J. McConnell, OSM sarl
> digital products for a global economy
> http://www.osm.net
> mailto:mcconnell@osm.net
> 
> 
>