SecurityMetadataSource (spring-security-docs 5.7.6 API)

All Superinterfaces:

org.springframework.aop.framework.AopInfrastructureBean

All Known Subinterfaces:

FilterInvocationSecurityMetadataSource, MessageSecurityMetadataSource, MethodSecurityMetadataSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFallbackMethodSecurityMetadataSource, AbstractMethodSecurityMetadataSource, DefaultFilterInvocationSecurityMetadataSource, DefaultMessageSecurityMetadataSource, DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource, ExpressionBasedFilterInvocationSecurityMetadataSource, Jsr250MethodSecurityMetadataSource, MapBasedMethodSecurityMetadataSource, PrePostAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource, SecuredAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource
```
public interface SecurityMetadataSource
extends org.springframework.aop.framework.AopInfrastructureBean
```
Implemented by classes that store and can identify the ConfigAttributes that applies to a given secure object invocation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract 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.Object object)`	Accesses the `ConfigAttribute`s that apply to a given secure object.
`boolean`	`supports(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)`	Indicates whether the `SecurityMetadataSource` implementation is able to provide `ConfigAttribute`s for the indicated secure object type.

- Method Detail
  - getAttributes
```
java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute> getAttributes(java.lang.Object object)
                                             throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
```
    Accesses the ConfigAttributes that apply to a given secure object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object being secured
    
    Returns:
    
    the attributes that apply to the passed in secured object. Should return an empty collection if there are no applicable attributes.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the passed object is not of a type supported by the SecurityMetadataSource implementation
  - getAllConfigAttributes
```
java.util.Collection<ConfigAttribute> getAllConfigAttributes()
```
    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
  - supports
```
boolean supports(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)
```
    Indicates whether the SecurityMetadataSource implementation is able to provide ConfigAttributes for the indicated secure object type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - the class that is being queried
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the implementation can process the indicated class