Application Segments

Abstract

In this chapter, you will create a setup that provides a list of all the different parts of the application. Just like a site map created for web sites, it is displayed as a tree view of the application and is created to implement application security. There are three main components in the application that you should apply security to: Menus (including the main and submenus), Pages, and Items (such as buttons). The fourth one (App) is called the root node and is used to distinguish between segments of multiple applications. After creating all the application segments here, you will use them in the next chapter to enforce application access rules. It’s a flexible module, which is designed in such a way to accommodate future application enhancements.