Package org.springframework.security.web.authentication.preauth

Support for "pre-authenticated" scenarios, where Spring Security assumes the incoming request has already been authenticated by some externally configured system.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter	Base class for processing filters that handle pre-authenticated authentication requests, where it is assumed that the principal has already been authenticated by an external system.
PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider	Processes a pre-authenticated authentication request.
PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationToken	Authentication implementation for pre-authenticated authentication.
PreAuthenticatedGrantedAuthoritiesUserDetailsService	This AuthenticationUserDetailsService implementation creates a UserDetails object based solely on the information contained in the given PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationToken.
PreAuthenticatedGrantedAuthoritiesWebAuthenticationDetails	This WebAuthenticationDetails implementation allows for storing a list of pre-authenticated Granted Authorities.
RequestAttributeAuthenticationFilter	A simple pre-authenticated filter which obtains the username from request attributes, for use with SSO systems such as Stanford WebAuth or Shibboleth.
RequestHeaderAuthenticationFilter	A simple pre-authenticated filter which obtains the username from a request header, for use with systems such as CA Siteminder.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
PreAuthenticatedCredentialsNotFoundException