SecurityContextRepository.java

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package org.springframework.security.web.context;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext;

/**
 * Strategy used for persisting a {@link SecurityContext} between requests.
 * <p>
 * Used by {@link SecurityContextPersistenceFilter} to obtain the context which should be
 * used for the current thread of execution and to store the context once it has been
 * removed from thread-local storage and the request has completed.
 * <p>
 * The persistence mechanism used will depend on the implementation, but most commonly the
 * <tt>HttpSession</tt> will be used to store the context.
 *
 * @author Luke Taylor
 * @since 3.0
 *
 * @see SecurityContextPersistenceFilter
 * @see HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository
 * @see SaveContextOnUpdateOrErrorResponseWrapper
 */
public interface SecurityContextRepository {

	/**
	 * Obtains the security context for the supplied request. For an unauthenticated user,
	 * an empty context implementation should be returned. This method should not return
	 * null.
	 * <p>
	 * The use of the <tt>HttpRequestResponseHolder</tt> parameter allows implementations
	 * to return wrapped versions of the request or response (or both), allowing them to
	 * access implementation-specific state for the request. The values obtained from the
	 * holder will be passed on to the filter chain and also to the <tt>saveContext</tt>
	 * method when it is finally called. Implementations may wish to return a subclass of
	 * {@link SaveContextOnUpdateOrErrorResponseWrapper} as the response object, which
	 * guarantees that the context is persisted when an error or redirect occurs.
	 *
	 * @param requestResponseHolder holder for the current request and response for which
	 * the context should be loaded.
	 *
	 * @return The security context which should be used for the current request, never
	 * null.
	 */
	SecurityContext loadContext(HttpRequestResponseHolder requestResponseHolder);

	/**
	 * Stores the security context on completion of a request.
	 *
	 * @param context the non-null context which was obtained from the holder.
	 * @param request
	 * @param response
	 */
	void saveContext(SecurityContext context, HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response);

	/**
	 * Allows the repository to be queried as to whether it contains a security context
	 * for the current request.
	 *
	 * @param request the current request
	 * @return true if a context is found for the request, false otherwise
	 */
	boolean containsContext(HttpServletRequest request);
}