Priority Model

Casbin supports priority-based policy loading.

以隐式优先级加载策略

Priority is determined by policy order: policies appearing first have higher priority.

model.conf:

[policy_effect]
e = priority(p.eft) || deny

以显式优先级加载策略

See also: casbin#550

Lower priority values indicate higher priority. Non-numerical priority values are placed last rather than causing errors.

令牌名称约定

The standard priority token name in policy definitions is "priority". To use a custom token name, call e.SetFieldIndex() after initializing the enforcer and reload policies (see the full example in TestCustomizedFieldIndex).

model.conf:

[policy_definition]
p = customized_priority, sub, obj, act, eft

Golang代码示例：

e, _ := NewEnforcer("./example/priority_model_explicit_customized.conf",
                    "./example/priority_policy_explicit_customized.csv")
// Due to the customized priority token, the enforcer fails to handle the priority.
ok, err := e.Enforce("bob", "data2", "read") // the result will be `true, nil`
// Set PriorityIndex and reload
e.SetFieldIndex("p", constant.PriorityIndex, 0)
err := e.LoadPolicy()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("LoadPolicy: %v", err)
}
ok, err := e.Enforce("bob", "data2", "read") // the result will be `false, nil`

Explicit priority currently supports only AddPolicy and AddPolicies. Avoid changing the priority attribute when calling UpdatePolicy.

model.conf:

[request_definition]
r = sub, obj, act

[policy_definition]
p = priority, sub, obj, act, eft

[role_definition]
g = _, _

[policy_effect]
e = priority(p.eft) || deny

[matchers]
m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act

policy.csv

p, 10, data1_deny_group, data1, read, deny
p, 10, data1_deny_group, data1, write, deny
p, 10, data2_allow_group, data2, read, allow
p, 10, data2_allow_group, data2, write, allow


p, 1, alice, data1, write, allow
p, 1, alice, data1, read, allow
p, 1, bob, data2, read, deny

g, bob, data2_allow_group
g, alice, data1_deny_group

请求：

alice, data1, write --> true // because `p, 1, alice, data1, write, allow` has the highest priority
bob, data2, read --> false
bob, data2, write --> true // because bob has the role of `data2_allow_group` which has the right to write data2, and there's no deny policy with higher priority

根据角色和用户层次结构加载具有优先级的策略

The role and user inheritance structure must form multiple trees, not graphs. When a user has multiple roles, ensure the user occupies the same hierarchy level in each tree. When two roles share the same level, the policy appearing first takes priority. For details, see casbin#833 and casbin#831.

model.conf:

[request_definition]
r = sub, obj, act

[policy_definition]
p = sub, obj, act, eft

[role_definition]
g = _, _

[policy_effect]
e = subjectPriority(p.eft) || deny

[matchers]
m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act

policy.csv

p, root, data1, read, deny
p, admin, data1, read, deny

p, editor, data1, read, deny
p, subscriber, data1, read, deny

p, jane, data1, read, allow
p, alice, data1, read, allow

g, admin, root

g, editor, admin
g, subscriber, admin

g, jane, editor
g, alice, subscriber

请求：

jane, data1, read --> true // because jane is at the bottom, her priority is higher than that of editor, admin, and root
alice, data1, read --> true

The role hierarchy structure:

role: root
 └─ role: admin
    ├─ role editor
    │  └─ user: jane
    │
    └─ role: subscriber
       └─ user: alice

Automatic priority assignment:

role: root                 # auto priority: 30
 └─ role: admin            # auto priority: 20
     ├─ role: editor       # auto priority: 10
     └─ role: subscriber   # auto priority: 10