Interface LocalAuthenticationProvider<TestAPI>

Type Parameters:

TestAPI - The type of the test interface. Not important for non-test purposes.

All Superinterfaces:

AuthenticationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalAuthProviderImpl

public interface LocalAuthenticationProvider<TestAPI>
extends AuthenticationProvider

Locally-defined authentication providers include the capability to create users.

Author:

Donal Fellows

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	createUser(String username, String password, TrustLevel trustLevel)	Create a user.
void	mapAuthorities(OidcUserAuthority authority, Collection<GrantedAuthority> resultCollection)	Map the authorities, adding them to the result.
void	unlockLockedUsers()	Unlock any locked users whose lock period has expired.
Authentication	updateAuthentication(HttpServletRequest req, SecurityContext ctx)	Convert the type of the authentication in the security context.

Methods inherited from interface AuthenticationProvider

authenticate, supports

Method Details

createUser

@PreAuthorize("hasRole('ADMIN')")
boolean createUser(String username,
 String password,
 TrustLevel trustLevel)

Create a user. Only admins can create users.

Parameters:

username - The user name to use.

password - The unencoded password to use.

trustLevel - How much is the user trusted.

Returns:

True if the user was created, false if the user already existed.

unlockLockedUsers

void unlockLockedUsers()

Unlock any locked users whose lock period has expired.

updateAuthentication

Authentication updateAuthentication(HttpServletRequest req,
 SecurityContext ctx)

Convert the type of the authentication in the security context.

Parameters:

req - The request being made.

ctx - The security context.

Returns:

The new authentication (which is also installed into the security context), or null if the authentication is not changed.

mapAuthorities

void mapAuthorities(OidcUserAuthority authority,
 Collection<GrantedAuthority> resultCollection)

Map the authorities, adding them to the result.

Parameters:

authority - The overall authority to map.

resultCollection - Where to add the authorities.