org.seedstack.seed.security

Interface RoleMapping

public interface RoleMapping

Interface used to define a mapping between the data coming from a realm and the roles given to the user. The realm gives all the data so the RoleMapping can apply rules considering them.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<Role>	resolveRoles(Set<String> realmData, Collection<PrincipalProvider<?>> principalProviders) Resolve the Roles from the given data.

Method Detail

resolveRoles

Collection<Role> resolveRoles(Set<String> realmData,
                              Collection<PrincipalProvider<?>> principalProviders)

Resolve the Roles from the given data.

The RoleMapping can have its own rules whether or not to give a Role. These rules can be based on the given PrincipalProviders.

The principalProviders collection is not null but the principal you may look for might not be present.

Parameters:

realmData - the authorization data coming from the realm as a set of String. Not null.

principalProviders - the principalProviders coming from the Realm of this. Not null

Returns:

A collection of the Roles resolved from the data. Not null.

See Also:

for utility methods to extract principalProviders from a collection.