org.springframework.security.core.authority.mapping
Interface Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:
MapBasedAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper, SimpleAttributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

public interface Attributes2GrantedAuthoritiesMapper

Interface to be implemented by classes that can map a list of security attributes (such as roles or group names) to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthoritys.

Since:
2.0

Method Summary
 Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getGrantedAuthorities(Collection<String> attributes)
          Implementations of this method should map the given collection of attributes to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthorities.
 

Method Detail

getGrantedAuthorities

Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getGrantedAuthorities(Collection<String> attributes)
Implementations of this method should map the given collection of attributes to a collection of Spring Security GrantedAuthorities. There are no restrictions for the mapping process; a single attribute can be mapped to multiple Spring Security GrantedAuthorities, all attributes can be mapped to a single Spring Security GrantedAuthority, some attributes may not be mapped, etc.

Parameters:
attributes - the attributes to be mapped
Returns:
the collection of authorities created from the attributes