org.jboss.security

Class SecurityContextUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.security.SecurityContextUtil

Direct Known Subclasses:

JBossSecurityContextUtil

public abstract class SecurityContextUtil
extends Object

General Utility methods for dealing with the SecurityContext

Since:

Jan 5, 2007

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil Saldhana

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected SecurityContext	securityContext

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SecurityContextUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addIdentity(Identity id) Add an Identity to the Security Context
void	clearIdentities(Class<?> clazz) Clear Identities of a particular type
void	createSubjectInfo(Identity identity, Subject theSubject) Create a SubjectInfo
void	createSubjectInfo(Principal principal, Object credential, Subject subject) Create SubjectInfo and set it in the current security context
abstract <T> T	get(String key) Return an object from the Security Context
abstract Object	getCredential() Get the credential
Set<Identity>	getIdentities(Class<?> clazz) Get a set of identities of a particular type
abstract RoleGroup	getRoles() Get the Roles associated with the user for the current security context
abstract SecurityIdentity	getSecurityIdentity() Get a holder of subject, runAs and caller RunAs
abstract Subject	getSubject() Get the subject the security context
abstract String	getUserName() Get the username from the security context
abstract Principal	getUserPrincipal() Get the user principal the security context
abstract <T> T	remove(String key) Remove an object represented by the key from the security context
abstract <T> void	set(String key, T obj) Set an object on the Security Context The context implementation may place the object in its internal data structures (like the Data Map)
void	setIdentities(Set<Identity> idSet) Set the Identities into the Security Context
abstract void	setRoles(RoleGroup roles) Set the roles for the user for the current security context
void	setSecurityContext(SecurityContext sc)
abstract void	setSecurityIdentity(SecurityIdentity si) Inject subject, runAs and callerRunAs into the security context Mainly used by integration code base to cache the security identity and put back to the security context

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

securityContext

protected SecurityContext securityContext

Constructor Detail

SecurityContextUtil

public SecurityContextUtil()

Method Detail

setSecurityContext

public void setSecurityContext(SecurityContext sc)

getUserName

public abstract String getUserName()

Get the username from the security context

Returns:

username

getUserPrincipal

public abstract Principal getUserPrincipal()

Get the user principal the security context

Returns:

user principal

getCredential

public abstract Object getCredential()

Get the credential

Returns:

getSubject

public abstract Subject getSubject()

Get the subject the security context

Returns:

getSecurityIdentity

public abstract SecurityIdentity getSecurityIdentity()

Get a holder of subject, runAs and caller RunAs

Returns:

setSecurityIdentity

public abstract void setSecurityIdentity(SecurityIdentity si)

Inject subject, runAs and callerRunAs into the security context Mainly used by integration code base to cache the security identity and put back to the security context

Parameters:

si - The SecurityIdentity Object

getRoles

public abstract RoleGroup getRoles()

Get the Roles associated with the user for the current security context

Returns:

setRoles

public abstract void setRoles(RoleGroup roles)

Set the roles for the user for the current security context

Parameters:

roles -

createSubjectInfo

public void createSubjectInfo(Principal principal,
                              Object credential,
                              Subject subject)

Create SubjectInfo and set it in the current security context

Parameters:

principal -

credential -

subject -

createSubjectInfo

public void createSubjectInfo(Identity identity,
                              Subject theSubject)

Create a SubjectInfo

Parameters:

identity -

theSubject - The AuthenticatedSubject(can be null)

addIdentity

public void addIdentity(Identity id)

Add an Identity to the Security Context

Parameters:

id -

clearIdentities

public void clearIdentities(Class<?> clazz)

Clear Identities of a particular type

Parameters:

clazz -

getIdentities

public Set<Identity> getIdentities(Class<?> clazz)

Get a set of identities of a particular type

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

setIdentities

public void setIdentities(Set<Identity> idSet)

Set the Identities into the Security Context

Parameters:

idSet -

set

public abstract <T> void set(String key,
                             T obj)

Set an object on the Security Context The context implementation may place the object in its internal data structures (like the Data Map)

Type Parameters:

T - Generic Type

Parameters:

key - Key representing the object being set

obj -

get

public abstract <T> T get(String key)

Return an object from the Security Context

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

key - key identifies the type of object we are requesting

Returns:

remove

public abstract <T> T remove(String key)

Remove an object represented by the key from the security context

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

key - key identifies the type of object we are requesting

Returns:

the removed object