Package com.foreach.across.modules.spring.security

Class AuthenticationUtils

java.lang.Object

com.foreach.across.modules.spring.security.AuthenticationUtils

public final class AuthenticationUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for authentication and authority checking. Mainly for internal use within the Across framework.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	hasAuthority(SecurityPrincipal securityPrincipal, String authority)	Check if a SecurityPrincipal has as given authority string.
static boolean	hasAuthority(Collection<? extends org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority> authorities, String authority)	Check if a collection of GrantedAuthority contains a specific authority string.
static boolean	hasAuthority(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication, String authority)	Check if an authentication has as given authority string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

hasAuthority

public static boolean hasAuthority(SecurityPrincipal securityPrincipal,
 String authority)

Check if a SecurityPrincipal has as given authority string. This assumes the call to SecurityPrincipal.getAuthorities() to be complete: all possible authorities should be present.

Parameters:

securityPrincipal - to check

authority - to check for

Returns:

true if authority was present

hasAuthority

public static boolean hasAuthority(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication,
 String authority)

Check if an authentication has as given authority string. This assumes the call to Authentication.getAuthorities() to be complete: all possible authorities should be present.

Parameters:

authentication - to check

authority - to check for

Returns:

true if authority was present

hasAuthority

public static boolean hasAuthority(Collection<? extends org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority> authorities,
 String authority)

Check if a collection of GrantedAuthority contains a specific authority string.

Parameters:

authorities - collection of authorities

authority - string to check for

Returns:

true if authority was present