Minor doc/javadoc updates to clarify use of UserDetailsContextapper.

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Luke Taylor 2010-07-04 15:10:08 +01:00
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@ -364,16 +364,18 @@ public interface UserDetailsContextMapper {
void mapUserToContext(UserDetails user, DirContextAdapter ctx); void mapUserToContext(UserDetails user, DirContextAdapter ctx);
}]]> }]]>
</programlisting> Only the first method is relevant for </programlisting> Only the first method is relevant for authentication. If you
authentication. If you provide an implementation of this interface, you can control provide an implementation of this interface and inject it into the
exactly how the UserDetails object is created. The first parameter is an instance of <classname>LdapAuthenticationProvider</classname>, you have control over exactly how
Spring LDAP's <interfacename>DirContextOperations</interfacename> which gives you the UserDetails object is created. The first parameter is an instance of Spring
access to the LDAP attributes which were loaded. The <literal>username</literal> LDAP's <interfacename>DirContextOperations</interfacename> which gives you access to
parameter is the name used to authenticate and the final parameter is the collection the LDAP attributes which were loaded during authentication. The
of authorities loaded for the user. </para> <literal>username</literal> parameter is the name used to authenticate and the final
parameter is the collection of authorities loaded for the user by the configured
<interfacename>LdapAuthoritiesPopulator</interfacename>. </para>
<para> The way the context data is loaded varies slightly depending on the type of <para> The way the context data is loaded varies slightly depending on the type of
authentication you are using. With the <classname>BindAuthenticator</classname>, authentication you are using. With the <classname>BindAuthenticator</classname>, the
the context returned from the bind operation will be used to read the attributes, context returned from the bind operation will be used to read the attributes,
otherwise the data will be read using the standard context obtained from the otherwise the data will be read using the standard context obtained from the
configured <interfacename>ContextSource</interfacename> (when a search is configured configured <interfacename>ContextSource</interfacename> (when a search is configured
to locate the user, this will be the data returned by the search object). </para> to locate the user, this will be the data returned by the search object). </para>

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@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.ldap.core.DirContextAdapter;
/** /**
* Operations to map a UserDetails object to and from a Spring LDAP <tt>DirContextOperations</tt> implementation. * Operations to map a UserDetails object to and from a Spring LDAP <tt>DirContextOperations</tt> implementation.
* Used by LdapUserDetailsManager when loading and saving/creating user information. * Used by {@code LdapUserDetailsManager} when loading and saving/creating user information, and also by the
* {@code LdapAuthenticationProvider} to allow customization of the user data loaded during authentication.
* *
* @author Luke Taylor * @author Luke Taylor
* @since 2.0 * @since 2.0