Package de.codecamp.vaadin.security.spring.access

Class VaadinSecurity

java.lang.Object

de.codecamp.vaadin.security.spring.access.VaadinSecurity

public class VaadinSecurity
extends Object

Utility class to programmatically evaluate Spring Security expressions (see hasAccess(String)), or call operations available to those expressions directly (see check()).

The current Authentication is available in all request threads (through SecurityContextHolder and in all threads that are currently accessing the UI.

See Also:

Expression-Based Access Control

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
VaadinSecurity()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations	check()	Returns operations that allow to check for certain access of the current Authentication.
static VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations	check(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)	Check for access by querying the methods of the returned VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations.
static org.springframework.security.core.Authentication	getAuthentication()	Returns the current Authentication.
static boolean	hasAccess(String securityExpression)	Returns whether the current Authentication has access based on the given security expression.
static boolean	hasAccess(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication, String securityExpression)	Returns whether the given Authentication has access based on the specified Spring security expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

VaadinSecurity

public VaadinSecurity()

Method Detail

check

public static VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations check()

Returns operations that allow to check for certain access of the current Authentication. The available operations are the same as in the expressions. The authentication is available in all request threads (through SecurityContextHolder and in all threads that are currently accessing the UI.

Returns:

the security operations

check

public static VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations check(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication)

Check for access by querying the methods of the returned VaadinSecurityExpressionOperations. The available operations are the same as in the expressions.

Parameters:

authentication - the authentication to be tested

Returns:

the security operations

hasAccess

public static boolean hasAccess(String securityExpression)

Returns whether the current Authentication has access based on the given security expression. The authentication is available in all request threads (through SecurityContextHolder and in all threads that are currently accessing the UI.

Parameters:

securityExpression - the Spring Security expression

Returns:

whether the current security context has access

See Also:

SecurityContextHolder.getContext()

hasAccess

public static boolean hasAccess(org.springframework.security.core.Authentication authentication,
                                String securityExpression)

Returns whether the given Authentication has access based on the specified Spring security expression.

Parameters:

authentication - the authentication to be tested

securityExpression - the Spring Security expression

Returns:

whether the current security context has access

getAuthentication

public static org.springframework.security.core.Authentication getAuthentication()

Returns the current Authentication. The authentication is available in all request threads (through SecurityContextHolder and in all threads that are currently accessing the UI.

Returns:

the current Authentication