Package org.dspace.app.rest.security

Class EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.rest.security.EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider

@Component
public class EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider
extends Object
implements org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider

This class is responsible for authenticating a user via REST

Author:

Frederic Van Reet (frederic dot vanreet at atmire dot com), Tom Desair (tom dot desair at atmire dot com)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	MANAGE_ACCESS_GROUP

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.springframework.security.core.Authentication	authenticate(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)
List<org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority>	getGrantedAuthorities(Context context)	Return list of GrantedAuthority objects for the user currently authenticated in the Context
boolean	supports(Class<?> authentication)	Return whether this provider supports this Authentication type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MANAGE_ACCESS_GROUP

public static final String MANAGE_ACCESS_GROUP

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider

public EPersonRestAuthenticationProvider()

Method Detail

authenticate

public org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authenticate(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)
                                                              throws org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException

Specified by:

authenticate in interface org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider

Throws:

org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException

getGrantedAuthorities

public List<org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority> getGrantedAuthorities(Context context)

Return list of GrantedAuthority objects for the user currently authenticated in the Context

Parameters:

context - current DSpace context

Returns:

List of GrantedAuthority. Empty list is returned if no current user exists.

supports

public boolean supports(Class<?> authentication)

Return whether this provider supports this Authentication type. Only returns true if the Authentication type is a valid DSpaceAuthentication class.

Specified by:

supports in interface org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider

Parameters:

authentication -

Returns:

true if valid DSpaceAuthentication class