org.springframework.security.context

Class HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter

org.springframework.security.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.servlet.Filter, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean, org.springframework.core.Ordered

public class HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter
extends SpringSecurityFilter
implements org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Populates the SecurityContextHolder with information obtained from the HttpSession.

The HttpSession will be queried to retrieve the SecurityContext that should be stored against the SecurityContextHolder for the duration of the web request. At the end of the web request, any updates made to the SecurityContextHolder will be persisted back to the HttpSession by this filter.

If a valid SecurityContext cannot be obtained from the HttpSession for whatever reason, a fresh SecurityContext will be created and used instead. The created object will be of the instance defined by the setContextClass(Class) method (which defaults to SecurityContextImpl.

No HttpSession will be created by this filter if one does not already exist. If at the end of the web request the HttpSession does not exist, a HttpSession will only be created if the current contents of the SecurityContextHolder are not Object.equals(java.lang.Object) to a new instance of setContextClass(Class). This avoids needless HttpSession creation, but automates the storage of changes made to the SecurityContextHolder. There is one exception to this rule, that is if the forceEagerSessionCreation property is true, in which case sessions will always be created irrespective of normal session-minimisation logic (the default is false, as this is resource intensive and not recommended).

This filter will only execute once per request, to resolve servlet container (specifically Weblogic) incompatibilities.

If for whatever reason no HttpSession should ever be created (eg this filter is only being used with Basic authentication or similar clients that will never present the same jsessionid etc), the setAllowSessionCreation(boolean) should be set to false. Only do this if you really need to conserve server memory and ensure all classes using the SecurityContextHolder are designed to have no persistence of the SecurityContext between web requests. Please note that if forceEagerSessionCreation is true, the allowSessionCreation must also be true (setting it to false will cause a startup time error).

This filter MUST be executed BEFORE any authentication processing mechanisms. Authentication processing mechanisms (eg BASIC, CAS processing filters etc) expect the SecurityContextHolder to contain a valid SecurityContext by the time they execute.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ben Alex, Patrick Burleson, Luke Taylor, Martin Algesten

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter

logger

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	afterPropertiesSet()
void	doFilterHttp(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.FilterChain chain)
SecurityContext	generateNewContext()
protected java.lang.Class	getContextClass()
int	getOrder()
boolean	isAllowSessionCreation()
boolean	isCloneFromHttpSession()
boolean	isForceEagerSessionCreation()
void	setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation)
void	setCloneFromHttpSession(boolean cloneFromHttpSession)
void	setContextClass(java.lang.Class secureContext)
void	setForceEagerSessionCreation(boolean forceEagerSessionCreation)

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.security.ui.SpringSecurityFilter

destroy, doFilter, init, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

public static final java.lang.String SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter

public HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter()
                                    throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

Method Detail

isCloneFromHttpSession

public boolean isCloneFromHttpSession()

setCloneFromHttpSession

public void setCloneFromHttpSession(boolean cloneFromHttpSession)

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

doFilterHttp

public void doFilterHttp(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                javax.servlet.FilterChain chain)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         javax.servlet.ServletException

Specified by:

doFilterHttp in class SpringSecurityFilter

Throws:

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

generateNewContext

public SecurityContext generateNewContext()
                                   throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

isAllowSessionCreation

public boolean isAllowSessionCreation()

setAllowSessionCreation

public void setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation)

getContextClass

protected java.lang.Class getContextClass()

setContextClass

public void setContextClass(java.lang.Class secureContext)

isForceEagerSessionCreation

public boolean isForceEagerSessionCreation()

setForceEagerSessionCreation

public void setForceEagerSessionCreation(boolean forceEagerSessionCreation)

getOrder

public int getOrder()

Specified by:

getOrder in interface org.springframework.core.Ordered