org.springframework.security.ldap.userdetails
Interface UserDetailsContextMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:
InetOrgPersonContextMapper, LdapUserDetailsMapper, PersonContextMapper

public interface UserDetailsContextMapper

Operations to map a UserDetails object to and from a Spring LDAP DirContextOperations implementation. Used by LdapUserDetailsManager when loading and saving/creating user information, and also by the LdapAuthenticationProvider to allow customization of the user data loaded during authentication.

Since:
2.0

Method Summary
 UserDetails mapUserFromContext(DirContextOperations ctx, String username, Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> authorities)
          Creates a fully populated UserDetails object for use by the security framework.
 void mapUserToContext(UserDetails user, DirContextAdapter ctx)
          Reverse of the above operation.
 

Method Detail

mapUserFromContext

UserDetails mapUserFromContext(DirContextOperations ctx,
                               String username,
                               Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> authorities)
Creates a fully populated UserDetails object for use by the security framework.

Parameters:
ctx - the context object which contains the user information.
username - the user's supplied login name.
authorities -
Returns:
the user object.

mapUserToContext

void mapUserToContext(UserDetails user,
                      DirContextAdapter ctx)
Reverse of the above operation. Populates a context object from the supplied user object. Called when saving a user, for example.