org.springframework.flex.security
Class AuthenticationResultUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.flex.security.AuthenticationResultUtils

public abstract class AuthenticationResultUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Helper that ensures consistent handling of a Spring Security Authentication, providing translation to a structure that will be useful to a Flex client in determining the credentials of an authenticated user.

When this helper is used to convert the Authentication into a BlazeDS message, the body of the returned message will contain the following properties as obtained from the Authentication object:

• name - the "name" property from the authentication
• authorities - an array of String representations of the authentication's authorities (i.e. obtained through GrantedAuthority.getAuthority())

Author:

Jeremy Grelle

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationResultUtils()

Method Summary

static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>

getAuthenticationResult() Checks for an Authentication object in the current SecurityContext and if one is found, constructs and returns a map that will result in an object of the expected format when returned to the Flex client.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationResultUtils

public AuthenticationResultUtils()

Method Detail

getAuthenticationResult

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getAuthenticationResult()

Checks for an Authentication object in the current SecurityContext and if one is found, constructs and returns a map that will result in an object of the expected format when returned to the Flex client.

Returns:

a map of the Authentication properties to be serialized over AMF, or null if no Authentication is found