Spring Security Framework

org.springframework.security.providers.anonymous
Class AnonymousAuthenticationToken

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.security.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken
      extended by org.springframework.security.providers.anonymous.AnonymousAuthenticationToken
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Principal, Authentication

public class AnonymousAuthenticationToken
extends AbstractAuthenticationToken
implements Serializable

Represents an anonymous Authentication.

Version:
$Id$
Author:
Ben Alex
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
AnonymousAuthenticationToken(String key, Object principal, GrantedAuthority[] authorities)
          Constructor.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object obj)
           
 Object getCredentials()
          Always returns an empty String
 int getKeyHash()
           
 Object getPrincipal()
          The identity of the principal being authenticated.
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.security.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken
getAuthorities, getDetails, getName, hashCode, isAuthenticated, setAuthenticated, setDetails, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

AnonymousAuthenticationToken

public AnonymousAuthenticationToken(String key,
                                    Object principal,
                                    GrantedAuthority[] authorities)
Constructor.

Parameters:
key - to identify if this object made by an authorised client
principal - the principal (typically a UserDetails)
authorities - the authorities granted to the principal
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if a null was passed
Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Specified by:
equals in interface Principal
Overrides:
equals in class AbstractAuthenticationToken

getCredentials

public Object getCredentials()
Always returns an empty String

Specified by:
getCredentials in interface Authentication
Returns:
an empty String

getKeyHash

public int getKeyHash()

getPrincipal

public Object getPrincipal()
Description copied from interface: Authentication
The identity of the principal being authenticated. This is usually a username. Callers are expected to populate the principal.

Specified by:
getPrincipal in interface Authentication
Returns:
the Principal being authenticated

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