org.springframework.security.access

Interface ConfigAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PostInvocationAttribute, PreInvocationAttribute

All Known Implementing Classes:

Jsr250SecurityConfig, SecurityConfig

public interface ConfigAttribute
extends Serializable

Stores a security system related configuration attribute.

When an AbstractSecurityInterceptor is set up, a list of configuration attributes is defined for secure object patterns. These configuration attributes have special meaning to a RunAsManager, AccessDecisionManager or AccessDecisionManager delegate.

Stored at runtime with other ConfigAttributes for the same secure object target.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAttribute() If the ConfigAttribute can be represented as a String and that String is sufficient in precision to be relied upon as a configuration parameter by a RunAsManager, AccessDecisionManager or AccessDecisionManager delegate, this method should return such a String.

Method Detail

getAttribute

String getAttribute()

If the ConfigAttribute can be represented as a String and that String is sufficient in precision to be relied upon as a configuration parameter by a RunAsManager, AccessDecisionManager or AccessDecisionManager delegate, this method should return such a String.

If the ConfigAttribute cannot be expressed with sufficient precision as a String, null should be returned. Returning null will require any relying classes to specifically support the ConfigAttribute implementation, so returning null should be avoided unless actually required.

Returns:

a representation of the configuration attribute (or null if the configuration attribute cannot be expressed as a String with sufficient precision).