org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping

Interface Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

MapBasedAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper, SimpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

public interface Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

Interface to be implemented by classes that can map a list of security attributes (such as roles or group names) to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthoritys.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Ruud Senden

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority>	getGrantedAuthorities(Collection<String> attributes) Implementations of this method should map the given collection of attributes to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthorities.

Method Detail

getGrantedAuthorities

Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getGrantedAuthorities(Collection<String> attributes)

Implementations of this method should map the given collection of attributes to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthorities. There are no restrictions for the mapping process; a single attribute can be mapped to multiple Spring Security GrantedAuthorities, all attributes can be mapped to a single Spring Security GrantedAuthority, some attributes may not be mapped, etc.

Parameters:

attributes - the attributes to be mapped

Returns:

the collection of authorities created from the attributes