com.caucho.security
Class SecurityContext

java.lang.Object
  com.caucho.security.SecurityContext

public class SecurityContext
extends java.lang.Object

Defines a proxy for the current security context.

Method Summary

static void	checkUserInRole(java.lang.String[] roleSet) Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.
static SecurityContextProvider	getProvider() Gets the provider for the current thread.
static java.security.Principal	getUserPrincipal() Returns the principal for this security context.
static boolean	isTransportSecure() Returns true if the context is secure (SSL).
static boolean	isUserInRole(java.lang.String roleName) Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.
static boolean	isUserInRole(java.lang.String[] roleSet) Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.
static java.lang.String	runAs(java.lang.String role) Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getUserPrincipal

public static java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal()
                                                throws SecurityContextException

Returns the principal for this security context.

Returns:

the principal or null of no provider for the thread.

Throws:

SecurityContextException

isUserInRole

public static boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String roleName)

Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.

Parameters:

roleName - the name of the role to test.

isUserInRole

public static boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String[] roleSet)

Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.

Parameters:

roleSet - a set of roles to test.

checkUserInRole

public static void checkUserInRole(java.lang.String[] roleSet)

Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.

Parameters:

roleSet - a set of roles to test.

runAs

public static java.lang.String runAs(java.lang.String role)

Returns true if the user principal is in the specified role.

Parameters:

roleSet - a set of roles to test.

isTransportSecure

public static boolean isTransportSecure()
                                 throws SecurityContextException

Returns true if the context is secure (SSL).

Throws:

SecurityContextException

getProvider

public static SecurityContextProvider getProvider()

Gets the provider for the current thread.

Returns:

the provider for the thread