au.edu.archer.acegi.httpheader
Class HTTPHeadersFilter

java.lang.Object
  au.edu.archer.acegi.httpheader.HTTPHeadersFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.servlet.Filter

public class HTTPHeadersFilter
extends java.lang.Object
implements javax.servlet.Filter

This is a very simple filter which captures a single header and uses is as a principal. ie, REMOTE_USER or CLIENT_DN Optionally uses a whitelist to determine if the user is "authorised"

Author:

Nigel Sim

See Also:

HTTPHeaderToken

Field Summary

protected org.apache.log4j.Logger

logger

Constructor Summary

HTTPHeadersFilter()

Method Summary

void	destroy()
void	doFilter(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response, javax.servlet.FilterChain filterChain)
org.acegisecurity.GrantedAuthority[]	getAuthorities(java.lang.String dn) Get a list of granted authorities by consulting the whitelist.
java.lang.String	getVariableName()
java.lang.String	getWhiteListFile()
void	init(javax.servlet.FilterConfig arg0)
void	setVariableName(java.lang.String variableName)
void	setWhiteListFile(java.lang.String whiteListFile)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected org.apache.log4j.Logger logger

Constructor Detail

HTTPHeadersFilter

public HTTPHeadersFilter()

Method Detail

destroy

public void destroy()

Specified by:

destroy in interface javax.servlet.Filter

doFilter

public void doFilter(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                     javax.servlet.ServletResponse response,
                     javax.servlet.FilterChain filterChain)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     javax.servlet.ServletException

Specified by:

doFilter in interface javax.servlet.Filter

Throws:

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

getAuthorities

public org.acegisecurity.GrantedAuthority[] getAuthorities(java.lang.String dn)

Get a list of granted authorities by consulting the whitelist.

Parameters:

dn -

Returns:

getVariableName

public java.lang.String getVariableName()

setVariableName

public void setVariableName(java.lang.String variableName)

getWhiteListFile

public java.lang.String getWhiteListFile()

setWhiteListFile

public void setWhiteListFile(java.lang.String whiteListFile)

init

public void init(javax.servlet.FilterConfig arg0)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Specified by:

init in interface javax.servlet.Filter

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException