org.geomajas.security

Interface SecurityManager

@Api(allMethods=true)
public interface SecurityManager

The security manager tries to find the authorization objects for an authentication token. It can be used to create or clear the security context for the current thread.

Since:

1.6.0

Author:

Joachim Van der Auwera

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearSecurityContext() Clear the security context for this thread.
boolean	createSecurityContext(String authenticationToken) Create security context for this thread, given the authentication token.
void	restoreSecurityContext(SavedAuthorization authorizations) Restores the security context from saved authorizations.

Method Detail

createSecurityContext

boolean createSecurityContext(String authenticationToken)

Create security context for this thread, given the authentication token.

Parameters:

authenticationToken - authentication token which should set the security context

Returns:

true when a valid context was created, false when the token is not authenticated

clearSecurityContext

void clearSecurityContext()

Clear the security context for this thread.

restoreSecurityContext

void restoreSecurityContext(SavedAuthorization authorizations)

Restores the security context from saved authorizations.

Parameters:

authorizations - saved authorizations

Since:

1.9.0