org.springframework.security.core.authority
Class AuthorityUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils

public abstract class AuthorityUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utility method for manipulating GrantedAuthority collections etc.

Mainly intended for internal use.

Field Summary

static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>

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Constructor Summary

AuthorityUtils()

Method Summary

static java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	authorityListToSet(java.util.Collection<GrantedAuthority> userAuthorities) Converts an array of GrantedAuthority objects to a Set.
static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>	commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(java.lang.String authorityString) Creates a array of GrantedAuthority objects from a comma-separated string representation (e.g.
static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>	createAuthorityList(java.lang.String... roles)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

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public static final java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> NO_AUTHORITIES

Constructor Detail

AuthorityUtils

public AuthorityUtils()

Method Detail

commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList

public static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(java.lang.String authorityString)

Creates a array of GrantedAuthority objects from a comma-separated string representation (e.g. "ROLE_A, ROLE_B, ROLE_C").

Parameters:

authorityString - the comma-separated string

Returns:

the authorities created by tokenizing the string

authorityListToSet

public static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> authorityListToSet(java.util.Collection<GrantedAuthority> userAuthorities)

Converts an array of GrantedAuthority objects to a Set.

Returns:

a Set of the Strings obtained from each call to GrantedAuthority.getAuthority()

createAuthorityList

public static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> createAuthorityList(java.lang.String... roles)