PentahoAllowAnonymousAclVoter.java

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package org.pentaho.platform.engine.security.acls.voter;

import org.pentaho.platform.api.engine.IPentahoSession;
import org.pentaho.platform.engine.security.SecurityHelper;
import org.springframework.security.Authentication;

/**
 * Extends the BasicAclVoter, but overrides the getAuthentication() method to
 * allow anonymous sessions. This is the simplest case to add to other voters.
 * 
 * @author mbatchel
 *
 */

public class PentahoAllowAnonymousAclVoter extends PentahoBasicAclVoter {

  // Allow anonymous users to have possible acls on an entry.
  @Override
  public Authentication getAuthentication(final IPentahoSession session) {
    return SecurityHelper.getAuthentication(session, true);
  }

}