public boolean checkPermissions(IClient client, RequestFunction function, AMFDataList params) { boolean doesStreamExist = false; boolean authorized = false; String streamName; try { streamName = params.getString(PARAM1).split("\\?")[0]; } catch (Exception ex) { return false; } IMediaStream stream = client.getAppInstance().getStreams().getStream(streamName); getLogger().info("Checking stream Name: " + streamName); doesStreamExist = (stream != null); if (doesStreamExist) { authorized = false; } else { authorized = true; } // add other permission checking getLogger().info("Authorized: " + authorized); return authorized; }