x509authoritiespopulator.java

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package org.acegisecurity.providers.x509;

import org.acegisecurity.AuthenticationException;

import org.acegisecurity.userdetails.UserDetails;

import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;


/**
 * Populates the <code>UserDetails</code> associated with the X.509
 * certificate presented by a client.
 * <p>
 * Although the certificate will already have been validated by the web container,
 * implementations may choose to perform additional application-specific checks on
 * the certificate content here. If an implementation chooses to reject the certificate,
 * it should throw a {@link org.acegisecurity.BadCredentialsException}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Luke Taylor
 * @version $Id: X509AuthoritiesPopulator.java 1496 2006-05-23 13:38:33Z benalex $
 */
public interface X509AuthoritiesPopulator {
    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    /**
     * Obtains the granted authorities for the specified user.<p>May throw any
     * <code>AuthenticationException</code> or return <code>null</code> if the authorities are unavailable.</p>
     *
     * @param userCertificate the X.509 certificate supplied
     *
     * @return the details of the indicated user (at minimum the granted authorities and the username)
     *
     * @throws AuthenticationException if the user details are not available or the certificate isn't valid for the
     *         application's purpose.
     */
    UserDetails getUserDetails(X509Certificate userCertificate)
        throws AuthenticationException;
}