Improved javadoc and debug message relating to clearing of security context.

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Luke Taylor 2008-11-26 10:35:06 +00:00
parent 482cb23d9c
commit 1f78974073
1 changed files with 15 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
/**
* The actual <code>RemoteInvocation</code> that is passed from the client to the server, which contains the
* contents of {@link SecurityContextHolder}, being a {@link SecurityContext} object.<p>When constructed on the
* client via {@link org.springframework.security.context.rmi.ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocationFactory}, the contents of the
* contents of {@link SecurityContextHolder}, being a {@link SecurityContext} object.
* <p>
* When constructed on the client via {@link ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocationFactory}, the contents of the
* <code>SecurityContext</code> are stored inside the object. The object is then passed to the server that is
* processing the remote invocation. Upon the server invoking the remote invocation, it will retrieve the passed
* contents of the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> and set them to the server-side
* <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> whilst the target object is invoked. When the target invocation has been
* completed, the server-side <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> will be reset to a new instance of
* <code>SecurityContextImpl</code>.</p>
* contents of the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> and set them on the server-side
* <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> while the target object is invoked. When the target invocation has been
* completed, the security context will be cleared using a call to {@link SecurityContextHolder#clearContext()}.
*
* @author James Monaghan
* @author Ben Alex
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocation extends RemoteInvocation {
//~ Constructors ===================================================================================================
/**
/**
* Constructs the object, storing the value of the client-side
* <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> inside the object.
*
@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ public class ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocation extends RemoteInvocation {
//~ Methods ========================================================================================================
/**
* Invoked on the server-side as described in the class JavaDocs.<p>Invocations will always have their
* {@link org.springframework.security.Authentication#setAuthenticated(boolean)} set to <code>false</code>, which is
* guaranteed to always be accepted by <code>Authentication</code> implementations. This ensures that even
* remotely authenticated <code>Authentication</code>s will be untrusted by the server-side, which is an
* appropriate security measure.</p>
* Invoked on the server-side as described in the class JavaDocs.
* <p>
* Invocations will always have their {@link org.springframework.security.Authentication#setAuthenticated(boolean)}
* set to <code>false</code>, which is guaranteed to always be accepted by <code>Authentication</code>
* implementations. This ensures that even remotely authenticated <code>Authentication</code>s will be untrusted by
* the server-side, which is an appropriate security measure.
*
* @param targetObject the target object to apply the invocation to
*
@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public class ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocation extends RemoteInvocation {
* @throws InvocationTargetException if the method invocation resulted in an exception
*/
public Object invoke(Object targetObject)
throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
SecurityContextHolder.setContext(securityContext);
if ((SecurityContextHolder.getContext() != null)
@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public class ContextPropagatingRemoteInvocation extends RemoteInvocation {
SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("Set SecurityContext to new instance of SecurityContextImpl");
logger.debug("Cleared SecurityContextHolder.");
}
}
}