org.springframework.security.web.authentication

Class HttpStatusEntryPoint

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.security.web.authentication.HttpStatusEntryPoint

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuthenticationEntryPoint

public final class HttpStatusEntryPoint
extends java.lang.Object
implements AuthenticationEntryPoint

An AuthenticationEntryPoint that sends a generic HttpStatus as a response. Useful for JavaScript clients which cannot use Basic authentication since the browser intercepts the response.

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpStatusEntryPoint(org.springframework.http.HttpStatus httpStatus) Creates a new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	commence(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, AuthenticationException authException) Commences an authentication scheme.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpStatusEntryPoint

public HttpStatusEntryPoint(org.springframework.http.HttpStatus httpStatus)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

httpStatus - the HttpStatus to set

Method Detail

commence

public void commence(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                     javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                     AuthenticationException authException)

Description copied from interface: AuthenticationEntryPoint

Commences an authentication scheme.

ExceptionTranslationFilter will populate the HttpSession attribute named AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST_KEY with the requested target URL before calling this method.

Implementations should modify the headers on the ServletResponse as necessary to commence the authentication process.

Specified by:

commence in interface AuthenticationEntryPoint

Parameters:

request - that resulted in an AuthenticationException

response - so that the user agent can begin authentication

authException - that caused the invocation