Package org.springframework.security.core.authority

Class AuthorityUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils

public final class AuthorityUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utility method for manipulating GrantedAuthority collections etc.

Mainly intended for internal use.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>	NO_AUTHORITIES

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	authorityListToSet(java.util.Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> userAuthorities)	Converts an array of GrantedAuthority objects to a Set.
static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>	commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(java.lang.String authorityString)	Creates a array of GrantedAuthority objects from a comma-separated string representation (e.g.
static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority>	createAuthorityList(java.lang.String... authorities)	Converts authorities into a List of GrantedAuthority objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NO_AUTHORITIES

public static final java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> NO_AUTHORITIES

Method Detail

commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList

public static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(java.lang.String authorityString)

Creates a array of GrantedAuthority objects from a comma-separated string representation (e.g. "ROLE_A, ROLE_B, ROLE_C").

Parameters:

authorityString - the comma-separated string

Returns:

the authorities created by tokenizing the string

authorityListToSet

public static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> authorityListToSet(java.util.Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> userAuthorities)

Converts an array of GrantedAuthority objects to a Set.

Returns:

a Set of the Strings obtained from each call to GrantedAuthority.getAuthority()

createAuthorityList

public static java.util.List<GrantedAuthority> createAuthorityList(java.lang.String... authorities)

Converts authorities into a List of GrantedAuthority objects.

Parameters:

authorities - the authorities to convert

Returns:

a List of GrantedAuthority objects