AbstractCasAssertionUserDetailsService.java

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package org.springframework.security.cas.userdetails;

import org.jasig.cas.client.validation.Assertion;
import org.springframework.security.cas.authentication.CasAssertionAuthenticationToken;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.AuthenticationUserDetailsService;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;

/**
 * Abstract class for using the provided CAS assertion to construct a new User object.
 * This generally is most useful when combined with a SAML-based response from the CAS
 * Server/client.
 *
 * @author Scott Battaglia
 * @since 3.0
 */
public abstract class AbstractCasAssertionUserDetailsService implements
		AuthenticationUserDetailsService<CasAssertionAuthenticationToken> {

	public final UserDetails loadUserDetails(final CasAssertionAuthenticationToken token) {
		return loadUserDetails(token.getAssertion());
	}

	/**
	 * Protected template method for construct a
	 * {@link org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails} via the supplied
	 * CAS assertion.
	 *
	 * @param assertion the assertion to use to construct the new UserDetails. CANNOT be
	 * NULL.
	 * @return the newly constructed UserDetails.
	 */
	protected abstract UserDetails loadUserDetails(Assertion assertion);
}