org.springframework.web.servlet.handler
Class UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter
      extended by org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor
All Implemented Interfaces:
HandlerInterceptor

public class UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor
extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter

Interceptor that checks the authorization of the current user via the user's roles, as evaluated by HttpServletRequest's isUserInRole method.

Since:
20.06.2003
Author:
Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole(java.lang.String)

Constructor Summary
UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor()
           
 
Method Summary
protected  void handleNotAuthorized(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler)
          Handle a request that is not authorized according to this interceptor.
 boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler)
          This implementation always returns true.
 void setAuthorizedRoles(String[] authorizedRoles)
          Set the roles that this interceptor should treat as authorized.
 
Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter
afterCompletion, postHandle
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor

public UserRoleAuthorizationInterceptor()
Method Detail

setAuthorizedRoles

public final void setAuthorizedRoles(String[] authorizedRoles)
Set the roles that this interceptor should treat as authorized.

Parameters:
authorizedRoles - array of role names

preHandle

public final boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request,
                               HttpServletResponse response,
                               Object handler)
                        throws ServletException,
                               IOException
Description copied from class: HandlerInterceptorAdapter
This implementation always returns true.

Specified by:
preHandle in interface HandlerInterceptor
Overrides:
preHandle in class HandlerInterceptorAdapter
Parameters:
request - current HTTP request
response - current HTTP response
handler - chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance evaluation
Returns:
true if the execution chain should proceed with the next interceptor or the handler itself. Else, DispatcherServlet assumes that this interceptor has already dealt with the response itself.
Throws:
ServletException
IOException

handleNotAuthorized

protected void handleNotAuthorized(HttpServletRequest request,
                                   HttpServletResponse response,
                                   Object handler)
                            throws ServletException,
                                   IOException
Handle a request that is not authorized according to this interceptor. Default implementation sends HTTP status code 403 ("forbidden").

This method can be overridden to write a custom message, forward or redirect to some error page or login page, or throw a ServletException.

Parameters:
request - current HTTP request
response - current HTTP response
handler - chosen handler to execute, for type and/or instance evaluation
Throws:
ServletException - if there is an internal error
IOException - in case of an I/O error when writing the response