org.springframework.security.web.context
Class HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository

All Implemented Interfaces:

SecurityContextRepository

public class HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository
extends Object
implements SecurityContextRepository

A SecurityContextRepository implementation which stores the security context in the HttpSession between requests.

The HttpSession will be queried to retrieve the SecurityContext in the loadContext method (using the key SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY). If a valid SecurityContext cannot be obtained from the HttpSession for whatever reason, a fresh SecurityContext will be created by calling by SecurityContextHolder.createEmptyContext() and this instance will be returned instead.

When saveContext is called, the context will be stored under the same key, provided

1. The value has changed
2. The configured AuthenticationTrustResolver does not report that the contents represent an anonymous user

With the standard configuration, no HttpSession will be created during loadContext if one does not already exist. When saveContext is called at the end of the web request, and no session exists, a new HttpSession will only be created if the supplied SecurityContext is not equal to an empty SecurityContext instance. This avoids needless HttpSession creation, but automates the storage of changes made to the context during the request. Note that if SecurityContextPersistenceFilter is configured to eagerly create sessions, then the session-minimisation logic applied here will not make any difference. If you are using eager session creation, then you should ensure that the allowSessionCreation property of this class is set to true (the default).

If for whatever reason no HttpSession should ever be created (for example, if Basic authentication is being used or similar clients that will never present the same jsessionid), then allowSessionCreation should be set to false. Only do this if you really need to conserve server memory and ensure all classes using the SecurityContextHolder are designed to have no persistence of the SecurityContext between web requests.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log	logger
static String	SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

Constructor Summary

HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository()

Method Summary

boolean	containsContext(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Allows the repository to be queried as to whether it contains a security context for the current request.
SecurityContext	loadContext(HttpRequestResponseHolder requestResponseHolder) Gets the security context for the current request (if available) and returns it.
void	saveContext(SecurityContext context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Stores the security context on completion of a request.
void	setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation) If set to true (the default), a session will be created (if required) to store the security context if it is determined that its contents are different from the default empty context value.
void	setCloneFromHttpSession(boolean cloneFromHttpSession) Deprecated. Override the loadContext method and copy the created context instead.
void	setDisableUrlRewriting(boolean disableUrlRewriting) Allows the use of session identifiers in URLs to be disabled.
void	setSecurityContextClass(Class contextClass) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

public static final String SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

logger

protected final org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger

Constructor Detail

HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository

public HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository()

Method Detail

loadContext

public SecurityContext loadContext(HttpRequestResponseHolder requestResponseHolder)

Gets the security context for the current request (if available) and returns it.

If the session is null, the context object is null or the context object stored in the session is not an instance of SecurityContext, a new context object will be generated and returned.

If cloneFromHttpSession is set to true, it will attempt to clone the context object first and return the cloned instance.

Specified by:

loadContext in interface SecurityContextRepository

Parameters:

requestResponseHolder - holder for the current request and response for which the context should be loaded.

Returns:

The security context which should be used for the current request, never null.

saveContext

public void saveContext(SecurityContext context,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Description copied from interface: SecurityContextRepository

Stores the security context on completion of a request.

Specified by:

saveContext in interface SecurityContextRepository

Parameters:

context - the non-null context which was obtained from the holder.

containsContext

public boolean containsContext(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Description copied from interface: SecurityContextRepository

Allows the repository to be queried as to whether it contains a security context for the current request.

Specified by:

containsContext in interface SecurityContextRepository

Parameters:

request - the current request

Returns:

true if a context is found for the request, false otherwise

setSecurityContextClass

@Deprecated
public void setSecurityContextClass(Class contextClass)

Deprecated.

setCloneFromHttpSession

@Deprecated
public void setCloneFromHttpSession(boolean cloneFromHttpSession)

Deprecated. Override the loadContext method and copy the created context instead.

Normally, the SecurityContext retrieved from the session is stored directly in the SecurityContextHolder, meaning that it is shared between concurrent threads. In this case, if one thread modifies the contents of the context, all threads will see the same change.

Parameters:

cloneFromHttpSession - set to true to clone the security context retrieved from the session. Defaults to false.

setAllowSessionCreation

public void setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation)

If set to true (the default), a session will be created (if required) to store the security context if it is determined that its contents are different from the default empty context value.

Note that setting this flag to false does not prevent this class from storing the security context. If your application (or another filter) creates a session, then the security context will still be stored for an authenticated user.

Parameters:

allowSessionCreation -

setDisableUrlRewriting

public void setDisableUrlRewriting(boolean disableUrlRewriting)

Allows the use of session identifiers in URLs to be disabled. Off by default.

Parameters:

disableUrlRewriting - set to true to disable URL encoding methods in the response wrapper and prevent the use of jsessionid parameters.