jakarta.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http

Interface HttpMessageContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpMessageContextWrapper

public interface HttpMessageContext

HttpMessageContext contains all of the per-request state information and encapsulates the client request, server response, container handler for authentication callbacks, and the subject representing the caller.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cleanClientSubject() Convenience method to clean the subject associated with this context.
AuthenticationStatus	doNothing() Instructs the container to "do nothing".
AuthenticationStatus	forward(String path) Forwards to another resource (Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Pages file, or HTML file) on the server.
AuthenticationParameters	getAuthParameters() Returns the parameters that were provided with the SecurityContext#authenticate(AuthParameters) call.
Principal	getCallerPrincipal() Gets the Principal set by a call to notifyContainerAboutLogin().
Subject	getClientSubject() Returns the subject for which authentication is to take place.
Set<String>	getGroups() Gets the groups set by a call to notifyContainerAboutLogin().
CallbackHandler	getHandler() Returns the low level Jakarta Authentication handler that the runtime provided when creating this HttpMessageContext, and which this context uses to communicate the authentication details to the runtime.
MessageInfo	getMessageInfo() Returns the the low level Jakarta Authentication message info instance for the current request.
HttpServletRequest	getRequest() Returns the request object associated with the current request.
HttpServletResponse	getResponse() Returns the response object associated with the current request.
boolean	isAuthenticationRequest() Checks if the current call to an authentication mechanism is the result from the application calling SecurityContext.authenticate(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, AuthenticationParameters)
boolean	isProtected() Checks if the currently requested resource is protected or not.
boolean	isRegisterSession() Check if the runtime has been asked to register an authentication session duing the current request.
AuthenticationStatus	notifyContainerAboutLogin(CredentialValidationResult result) Convenience method intended to pass the CredentialValidationResult result of an identity store directly on to the container.
AuthenticationStatus	notifyContainerAboutLogin(Principal principal, Set<String> groups) Asks the container to register the given caller principal and groups in order to make them available to the application for use with SecurityContext.isCallerInRole(String) etc.
AuthenticationStatus	notifyContainerAboutLogin(String callername, Set<String> groups) Asks the container to register the given caller name and groups in order to make them available to the application for use with SecurityContext.isCallerInRole(String) etc.
AuthenticationStatus	redirect(String location) Sets the response status to SC_FOUND 302 (Found)
AuthenticationStatus	responseNotFound() Sets the response status to 404 (not found).
AuthenticationStatus	responseUnauthorized() Sets the response status to 401 (unauthorized).
void	setRegisterSession(String callerName, Set<String> groups) Asks the runtime to register an authentication session.
void	setRequest(HttpServletRequest request) Sets the request object.
void	setResponse(HttpServletResponse response) Set the response object.
HttpMessageContext	withRequest(HttpServletRequest request) Sets the request object.

Method Detail

isProtected

boolean isProtected()

Checks if the currently requested resource is protected or not. A protected resource is a resource (e.g. a Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Faces page, Jakarta Server Pages page etc) for which a constraint has been defined in e.g. web.xml.

Returns:

true if a protected resource was requested, false if a public resource was requested.

isAuthenticationRequest

boolean isAuthenticationRequest()

Checks if the current call to an authentication mechanism is the result from the application calling SecurityContext.authenticate(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, AuthenticationParameters)

If SecurityContext#authenticate was not called, the authentication mechanism may have been invoked by the container at the start of a request.

Returns:

true if SecurityContext#authenticate was called, false if not.

isRegisterSession

boolean isRegisterSession()

Check if the runtime has been asked to register an authentication session duing the current request.

Returns:

true if code has asked to register an authentication session, false otherwise.

setRegisterSession

void setRegisterSession(String callerName,
                        Set<String> groups)

Asks the runtime to register an authentication session. This will automatically remember the logged-in status as long as the current HTTP session remains valid. Without this being asked, a HttpAuthenticationMechanism has to manually re-authenticate with the runtime at the start of each request.

Parameters:

callerName - the caller name for which authentication should be be remembered

groups - the groups for which authentication should be remembered.

cleanClientSubject

void cleanClientSubject()

Convenience method to clean the subject associated with this context.

Cleaning this subject is done as defined by the Servlet Container Profile of Jakarta Authentication for the ServerAuthModule#cleanSubject method and the HttpAuthenticationMechanism.cleanSubject(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, HttpMessageContext) method defined by this specification.

getAuthParameters

AuthenticationParameters getAuthParameters()

Returns the parameters that were provided with the SecurityContext#authenticate(AuthParameters) call.

Returns:

the parameters that were provided with the SecurityContext#authenticate(AuthParameters) call, or a default instance. Never null.

getHandler

CallbackHandler getHandler()

Returns the low level Jakarta Authentication handler that the runtime provided when creating this HttpMessageContext, and which this context uses to communicate the authentication details to the runtime.

Note: This is a low level object that most higher level code would not need to use directly.

Returns:

the handler that the runtime provided to this context

getMessageInfo

MessageInfo getMessageInfo()

Returns the the low level Jakarta Authentication message info instance for the current request.

Note: This is a low level object that most higher level code would not need to use directly.

Returns:

the message info instance for the current request.

getClientSubject

Subject getClientSubject()

Returns the subject for which authentication is to take place.

Note: This is a low level object that most higher level code would not need to use directly.

Returns:

the subject for which authentication is to take place.

getRequest

HttpServletRequest getRequest()

Returns the request object associated with the current request.

Returns:

the request object associated with the current request.

setRequest

void setRequest(HttpServletRequest request)

Sets the request object.

Parameters:

request - the request object to be set

withRequest

HttpMessageContext withRequest(HttpServletRequest request)

Sets the request object.

Parameters:

request - the request object to be set.

Returns:

the HttpMessageContext instance on which this method was called, useful for fluent style call call chains.

getResponse

HttpServletResponse getResponse()

Returns the response object associated with the current request.

Returns:

the response object associated with the current request.

setResponse

void setResponse(HttpServletResponse response)

Set the response object.

Parameters:

response - the response object to be set.

redirect

AuthenticationStatus redirect(String location)

Sets the response status to SC_FOUND 302 (Found)

As a convenience this method returns SEND_CONTINUE, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Parameters:

location - the location to redirect to

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SEND_CONTINUE

See Also:

HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect(String)

forward

AuthenticationStatus forward(String path)

Forwards to another resource (Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Pages file, or HTML file) on the server.

As a convenience this method returns SEND_CONTINUE, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Parameters:

path - a String specifying the pathname to the resource.

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SEND_CONTINUE

See Also:

RequestDispatcher.forward(jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse)

responseUnauthorized

AuthenticationStatus responseUnauthorized()

Sets the response status to 401 (unauthorized).

As a convenience this method returns SEND_FAILURE, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE

responseNotFound

AuthenticationStatus responseNotFound()

Sets the response status to 404 (not found).

As a convenience this method returns SEND_FAILURE, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE

notifyContainerAboutLogin

AuthenticationStatus notifyContainerAboutLogin(String callername,
                                               Set<String> groups)

Asks the container to register the given caller name and groups in order to make them available to the application for use with SecurityContext.isCallerInRole(String) etc.

Note that after this call returned, the authenticated identity will not be immediately active. This will only take place (should no errors occur) after the authentication mechanism in which this call takes place returns control back to the container (runtime).

As a convenience this method returns SUCCESS, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Parameters:

callername - the caller name that will become the caller principal

groups - the groups associated with the caller principal

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS

notifyContainerAboutLogin

AuthenticationStatus notifyContainerAboutLogin(Principal principal,
                                               Set<String> groups)

Asks the container to register the given caller principal and groups in order to make them available to the application for use with SecurityContext.isCallerInRole(String) etc.

Note that this call may result in the container establishing two caller principals to represent the caller's identity -- the Principal provided here as the principal parameter, and a second principal used as the container's representation of the caller identity. A second principal is added only if the container uses a different Principal type to represent the caller. If the types are the same, only one Principal is added.

If a second principal is added, the value returned by Principal.getName() will be the same for both principals.

When two principals are added, the container's caller principal is returned from SecurityContext.getCallerPrincipal(), and the principal supplied here as a parameter can be retrieved using SecurityContext.getPrincipalsByType(Class). When only one is added, it is returned by SecurityContext.getCallerPrincipal().

Note that after this call returned, the authenticated identity will not be immediately active. This will only take place (should no errors occur) after the authentication mechanism in which this call takes place returns control back to the container (runtime).

As a convenience this method returns SUCCESS, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Parameters:

principal - the Principal that will become the caller principal

groups - the groups associated with the caller principal

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS

notifyContainerAboutLogin

AuthenticationStatus notifyContainerAboutLogin(CredentialValidationResult result)

Convenience method intended to pass the CredentialValidationResult result of an identity store directly on to the container.

If the outcome from the given CredentialValidationResult.getStatus() equals CredentialValidationResult.Status.VALID, the CallerPrincipal and groups are obtained from the CredentialValidationResult and passed into notifyContainerAboutLogin(Principal, Set).

If the outcome from the given CredentialValidationResult.getStatus() is not equal to CredentialValidationResult.Status.VALID a failure result is returned.

Parameters:

result - a CredentialValidationResult which is inspected for its status and from which the principal and groups are taken.

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS if CredentialValidationResult.getStatus() equals CredentialValidationResult.Status.VALID otherwise AuthenticationStatus.SEND_FAILURE

doNothing

AuthenticationStatus doNothing()

Instructs the container to "do nothing".

When intending to do nothing, a Jakarta Security authentication mechanism has to indicate this explicitly via its return value.

As a convenience this method returns NOT_DONE, so this method can be used in one fluent return statement from an HttpAuthenticationMechanism

Returns:

AuthenticationStatus.NOT_DONE

getCallerPrincipal

Principal getCallerPrincipal()

Gets the Principal set by a call to notifyContainerAboutLogin().

Returns:

The caller principal

getGroups

Set<String> getGroups()

Gets the groups set by a call to notifyContainerAboutLogin().

Returns:

The groups