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Priority assignments for policy attachments

  • US 9,088,571 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2012
  • Issued: 07/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling execution behavior of policy subjects, the method comprising:

  • retrieving, by a computer system, policy attachment information identifying a plurality of web service policies whose policy attachment metadata indicate attachment at runtime to a policy subject, wherein the policy attachment information comprises, for each web service policy in the plurality of web service polices, an identifier of the web service policy, a scope at which the web service policy is attached to the policy subject at runtime, and a priority value;

    determining, by the computer system, an ordering of each web service policy in the plurality of web service policies based on the priority value of the web service policy and the scope at which the web service policy is attached to the policy subject;

    determining, by the computer system, that a first web service policy in the plurality of web service policies is given precedence over a second web service policy in the plurality of web service policies based on the determined ordering, wherein attachment of the first web service policy and the second web service policy at the policy subject conflict;

    adding, by the computer system, the first web service policy to an effective policy set of the policy subject, the effective policy set comprising policies enforced at the policy subject at runtime; and

    performing one or more actions that control execution behavior of the policy subject based the effective policy set.

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