org.springframework.security.context
Class InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.context.InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

SecurityContextHolderStrategy

public class InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy
extends Object
implements SecurityContextHolderStrategy

An InheritableThreadLocal-based implementation of SecurityContextHolderStrategy.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ben Alex

See Also:

ThreadLocal, HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter

Constructor Summary

InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy()

Method Summary

void	clearContext() Clears the current context.
SecurityContext	getContext() Obtains the current context.
void	setContext(SecurityContext context) Sets the current context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy

public InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy()

Method Detail

clearContext

public void clearContext()

Description copied from interface: SecurityContextHolderStrategy

Clears the current context.

Specified by:

clearContext in interface SecurityContextHolderStrategy

getContext

public SecurityContext getContext()

Description copied from interface: SecurityContextHolderStrategy

Obtains the current context.

Specified by:

getContext in interface SecurityContextHolderStrategy

Returns:

a context (never null - create a default implementation if necessary)

setContext

public void setContext(SecurityContext context)

Description copied from interface: SecurityContextHolderStrategy

Sets the current context.

Specified by:

setContext in interface SecurityContextHolderStrategy

Parameters:

context - to the new argument (should never be null, although implementations must check if null has been passed and throw an IllegalArgumentException in such cases)