JaasCredentials.java

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package org.modeshape.jcr.api;

import javax.jcr.Credentials;
import javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext;

/**
 * A {@link Credentials} implementation that encapsulates an existing JAAS {@link LoginContext} instance. This can be used if
 * ModeShape is configured to use a different JAAS realm.
 * <p>
 * ModeShape will understand this Credentials implementation because it has a {@link #getLoginContext()} method that returns a
 * {@link LoginContext} object.
 * </p>
 */
public final class JaasCredentials implements Credentials {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private final LoginContext loginContext;

    /**
     * Create a credentials that uses the supplied JAAS LoginContext for authentication and authorization.
     * 
     * @param loginContext the JAAS login context
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the provided argument is null
     */
    public JaasCredentials( LoginContext loginContext ) {
        if (loginContext == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("loginContext cannot be null");
        }
        this.loginContext = loginContext;
    }

    /**
     * Get the JAAS login context
     * 
     * @return loginContext the login context
     */
    public LoginContext getLoginContext() {
        return loginContext;
    }

}