DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource (spring-security-docs-manual 5.5.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.security.access.method.AbstractMethodSecurityMetadataSource
- - org.springframework.security.access.method.DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.aop.framework.AopInfrastructureBean, MethodSecurityMetadataSource, SecurityMetadataSource
```
public final class DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource
extends AbstractMethodSecurityMetadataSource
```
Automatically tries a series of method definition sources, relying on the first source of metadata that provides a non-null/non-empty response. Provides automatic caching of the retrieved metadata.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.springframework.security.access.method.AbstractMethodSecurityMetadataSource
  logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource(java.util.List<MethodSecurityMetadataSource> methodSecurityMetadataSources)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute>`	`getAllConfigAttributes()`	If available, returns all of the `ConfigAttribute`s defined by the implementing class.
`java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute>`	`getAttributes(java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Class<?> targetClass)`
`java.util.List<MethodSecurityMetadataSource>`	`getMethodSecurityMetadataSources()`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.security.access.method.AbstractMethodSecurityMetadataSource
getAttributes, supports

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource

public DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource(java.util.List<MethodSecurityMetadataSource> methodSecurityMetadataSources)

Method Detail
- getAttributes
```
public java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute> getAttributes(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                                                           java.lang.Class<?> targetClass)
```
- getAllConfigAttributes
```
public java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute> getAllConfigAttributes()
```
  Description copied from interface: SecurityMetadataSource
  
  If available, returns all of the ConfigAttributes defined by the implementing class.
  This is used by the AbstractSecurityInterceptor to perform startup time validation of each ConfigAttribute configured against it.
  
  Returns:
  
  the ConfigAttributes or null if unsupported
- getMethodSecurityMetadataSources
```
public java.util.List<MethodSecurityMetadataSource> getMethodSecurityMetadataSources()
```