Package org.glassfish.security.services.common

Class SubjectUtil

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.security.services.common.SubjectUtil

public class SubjectUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SubjectUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<String>	getGroupnamesFromSubject(Subject subject)	Utility method to find the group names from a subject.
static List<String>	getUsernamesFromSubject(Subject subject)	Utility method to find the user names from a subject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SubjectUtil

public SubjectUtil()

Method Details

getUsernamesFromSubject

public static List<String> getUsernamesFromSubject(Subject subject)

Utility method to find the user names from a subject. The method assumes the user name is represented by UserPrincipal inside the Subject's principal set.

Parameters:

subject - the subject from which to find the user name

Returns:

a list of strings representing the user name. The list may have more than one entry if the subject's principal set contains more than one UserPrincipal instances, or empty entry (i.e., anonymous user) if the subject's principal set contains no UserPrincipal instances.

getGroupnamesFromSubject

public static List<String> getGroupnamesFromSubject(Subject subject)

Utility method to find the group names from a subject. The method assumes the group name is represented by Group inside the Subject's principal set.

Parameters:

subject - the subject from which to find the username

Returns:

a list of strings representing the group names. The list may have more than one entry if the subject's principal set contains more than one Group instances, or empty entry if the subject's principal set contains no Group instances.