org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher

Interface RequestMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AndRequestMatcher, AntPathRequestMatcher, AnyRequestMatcher, ELRequestMatcher, IpAddressMatcher, MediaTypeRequestMatcher, MvcRequestMatcher, NegatedRequestMatcher, OrRequestMatcher, RegexRequestMatcher, RequestHeaderRequestMatcher

public interface RequestMatcher

Simple strategy to match an HttpServletRequest.

Since:

3.0.2

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	RequestMatcher.MatchResult The result of matching against an HttpServletRequest Contains the status, true or false, of the match and if present, any variables extracted from the match

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default RequestMatcher.MatchResult	matcher(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Returns a MatchResult for this RequestMatcher The default implementation returns Collections.emptyMap() when RequestMatcher.MatchResult.getVariables() is invoked.
boolean	matches(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Decides whether the rule implemented by the strategy matches the supplied request.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Decides whether the rule implemented by the strategy matches the supplied request.

Parameters:

request - the request to check for a match

Returns:

true if the request matches, false otherwise

matcher

default RequestMatcher.MatchResult matcher(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Returns a MatchResult for this RequestMatcher The default implementation returns Collections.emptyMap() when RequestMatcher.MatchResult.getVariables() is invoked.

Returns:

the MatchResult from comparing this RequestMatcher against the HttpServletRequest

Since:

5.2