__init__(self, impl)
(Constructor)

Parameters:

impl - the implementation object this interface represents
           (type=AccessGrid.Security.AuthorizationManager)

Overrides:

AccessGrid.Security.AuthorizationManager.AuthorizationManagerI.__init__ (inherited documentation)

AddAdministrator(self, subjStr)

LEGACY CALL: This is replace by GetAuthorizationManager.

Interface to add an administrator to the Venue Server.

**Arguments:**

*subjStr* The DN of the new administrator.

**Raises:**

**Returns:**

AddVenue(self, venueDescStruct)

Inteface call for Adding a venue.

**Arguments:**

    *Venue Description Struct* A description of the new
    venue, currently an anonymous struct.

**Raises:**
    *VenueServerException* When the venue description struct
    isn't successfully converted to a real venue description
    object and the venue isn't added.

**Returns:**
    *Venue URI* Upon success a uri to the new venue is returned.

Checkpoint(self)

Interface to checkpoint the Venue Server.

DumpDebugInfo(self, flag=None)

GetAddressAllocationMethod(self)

Interface for getting the Address Allocation Method.

**Arguments:**
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *method* The address allocation method configured, either
    RANDOM or INTERVAL.

GetAddressMask(self)

Interface to retrieve the address mask of the address allocation pool.

**Arguments:**
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *mask* the network mask of the address allocation pool.

GetAdministrators(self)

LEGACY CALL: This is replace by GetAuthorizationManager.

GetBackupServer(self)

Interface to retrieve the value of the backup server name.

**Arguments:**
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    the string hostname of the back up server or "".

GetBaseAddress(self)

Interface to retrieve the base address for the address allocation pool.

**Arguments:**
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *base address* the base address of the address allocation pool.

GetDefaultVenue(self)

GetEncryptAllMedia(self)

Interface to retrieve the value of the media encryption flag.

GetStorageLocation(self)

Inteface for getting the current data store path.

**Arguments:**
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *location* The path to the data store location.

GetVenues(self)

This is the interface to get a list of Venues from the Venue Server.

**Returns:**
    *venue description list* A list of venues descriptions.

ModifyVenue(self, URL, venueDescStruct)

Interface for modifying an existing Venue.

**Arguments:**
    *URL* The URL to the venue.

    *Venue Description Struct* An anonymous struct that is the
    new venue description.

**Raises:**
    *InvalideVenueURL* When the URL isn't a valid venue.

    *InvalidVenueDescription* If the Venue Description has a
    different URL than the URL argument passed in.

RegenerateEcryptionKeys(self)

RemoveAdministrator(self, string)

LEGACY CALL: This is replace by GetAuthorizationManager.

**Arguments:**

*string* The Distinguished Name (DN) of the administrator being removed.

**Raises:**

**Returns:**

RemoveVenue(self, URL)

Interface for removing a Venue.

**Arguments:**
    *URL* The url to the venue to be removed.

SetAddressAllocationMethod(self, method)

Interface for setting the address allocation method for
multicast addresses (for now).

**Arguments:**

    *method* An argument specifying either RANDOM or INTERVAL
    allocation. RANDOM is a random address from the standard
    random range. INTERVAL means a random address from a
    specified range.

**Raises:**

**Returns:**

SetAddressMask(self, mask)

Interface to set the network mask of the address allocation pool.

**Arguments:**
    *mask*  The network mask for the address allocation pool.
**Raises:**
**Returns:**

SetBackupServer(self, server)

Interface for setting a fallback venue server.

**Arguments:**
    *server* The string hostname of the server.
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *server* the return value from SetBackupServer

SetBaseAddress(self, address)

Interface for setting the base address for the allocation pool.

**Arguments:**
    *address* The base address of the address pool to allocate from.
**Raises:**
**Returns:**

SetDefaultVenue(self, URL)

Interface to set default venue.

**Arguments:**
    *URL* The URL to the default venue.

**Raises:**

**Returns:**
    *URL* the url of the default venue upon success.

SetEncryptAllMedia(self, value)

Interface for setting the flag to encrypt all media or turn it off.

**Arguments:**
    *value* The flag, 1 turns encryption on, 0 turns encryption off.
**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *flag* the return value from SetEncryptAllMedia.

SetStorageLocation(self, location)

Interface for setting the location of the data store.

**Arguments:**


    *location* This is a path for the data store.

**Raises:**
**Returns:**
    *location* The new location on success.

Shutdown(self, secondsFromNow)

Interface to shutdown the Venue Server.

**Arguments:**
    *secondsFromNow* How long from the time the call is
    received until the server starts to shutdown.
**Raises:**
**Returns:**