Package org.apache.catalina.realm

Class UserDatabaseRealm.UserDatabasePrincipal

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.realm.GenericPrincipal

org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm.UserDatabasePrincipal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Principal, TomcatPrincipal

Enclosing class:

UserDatabaseRealm

public static final class UserDatabaseRealm.UserDatabasePrincipal
extends GenericPrincipal

Principal implementation backed by a live UserDatabase. Roles are fetched from the database on each call rather than cached at construction time.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.realm.GenericPrincipal

attributes, gssCredential, loginContext, name, roles, userPrincipal

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UserDatabasePrincipal(User user, UserDatabase database)	Constructs a new UserDatabasePrincipal.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String[]	getRoles()	Returns the set of roles associated with this user.
boolean	hasRole(java.lang.String role)	Does the user represented by this Principal possess the specified role?

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.realm.GenericPrincipal

equals, getAttribute, getAttributeNames, getGssCredential, getName, getUserPrincipal, hashCode, logout, setGssCredential, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Detail

UserDatabasePrincipal

public UserDatabasePrincipal(User user,
                             UserDatabase database)

Constructs a new UserDatabasePrincipal.

Parameters:

user - The user

database - The user database

Method Detail

getRoles

public java.lang.String[] getRoles()

Description copied from class: GenericPrincipal

Returns the set of roles associated with this user.

Overrides:

getRoles in class GenericPrincipal

Returns:

A cloned array of role names

hasRole

public boolean hasRole(java.lang.String role)

Description copied from class: GenericPrincipal

Does the user represented by this Principal possess the specified role?

Overrides:

hasRole in class GenericPrincipal

Parameters:

role - Role to be tested

Returns:

true if this Principal has been assigned the given role, otherwise false