20.4. Configuring Authentication and Role Mapping using Login Modules

When using the authentication login-module for querying roles from LDAP, you must implement your own mapping of Principals to Roles, as custom classes are in use. The following example demonstrates how to map a principal obtained from a login-module to a role. It maps user principal name to a role, performing a similar action to the IdentityRoleMapper:

Example 20.1. Mapping a Principal

public class SimplePrincipalGroupRoleMapper implements PrincipalRoleMapper {
   @Override
   public Set<String> principalToRoles(Principal principal) {
      if (principal instanceof SimpleGroup) {
         Enumeration<Principal> members = ((SimpleGroup) principal).members();
         if (members.hasMoreElements()) {
            Set<String> roles = new HashSet<String>();
            while (members.hasMoreElements()) {
               Principal innerPrincipal = members.nextElement();
               if (innerPrincipal instanceof SimplePrincipal) {
                  SimplePrincipal sp = (SimplePrincipal) innerPrincipal;
                  roles.add(sp.getName());
               }
            }
            return roles;
         } 
      }
      return null;
   }
}

Important

For information on configuring an LDAP server, or specifying users and roles in an LDAP server, refer to the Red Hat Directory Server Administration Guide.
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