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prefix <literal>ROLE_</literal>. It will vote to grant access if there is a
<interfacename>GrantedAuthority</interfacename> which returns a
<literal>String</literal> representation (via the <literal>getAuthority()</literal>
method) exactly equal to one or more <literal>ConfigAttributes</literal> starting with
<literal>ROLE_</literal>. If there is no exact match of any
method) exactly equal to one or more <literal>ConfigAttributes</literal> starting with the
prefix <literal>ROLE_</literal>. If there is no exact match of any
<literal>ConfigAttribute</literal> starting with <literal>ROLE_</literal>, the
<literal>RoleVoter</literal> will vote to deny access. If no
<literal>ConfigAttribute</literal> begins with <literal>ROLE_</literal>, the voter will
@ -200,11 +200,15 @@ boolean supports(Class clazz);
that integrate with its ACL capabilities.</para>
<para><xref linkend="authz-after-invocation"/> illustrates Spring Security's
<literal>AfterInvocationManager</literal> and its concrete implementations. <figure
xml:id="authz-after-invocation"><title>After Invocation
Implementation</title><mediaobject><imageobject>
xml:id="authz-after-invocation">
<title>After Invocation Implementation</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" scalefit="1" fileref="images/AfterInvocation.gif" format="GIF"
/>
</imageobject></mediaobject></figure></para>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure></para>
<para>Like many other parts of Spring Security, <literal>AfterInvocationManager</literal> has a
single concrete implementation, <literal>AfterInvocationProviderManager</literal>, which polls
a list of <literal>AfterInvocationProvider</literal>s. Each

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]]></programlisting> This is much simpler than wiring up the equivalent Apache Directory Server
beans. The most common alternative configuration requirements are supported by attributes on
the <literal>ldap-server</literal> element and the user is isolated from worrying about which
beans they need to create and what the bean property names are. <footnote><para>You can find
out more about the use of the <literal>ldap-server</literal> element in the chapter on
<link xlink:href="#ldap">LDAP</link>.</para></footnote>. Use of a good XML editor while
editing the application context file should provide information on the attributes and elements
that are available. We would recommend that you try out the <link
xlink:href="http://www.springsource.com/products/sts">SpringSource Tool Suite</link> as it
has special features for working with standard Spring namespaces. </para>
beans they need to create and what the bean property names are. <footnote>
<para>You can find out more about the use of the <literal>ldap-server</literal> element in
the chapter on <link xlink:href="#ldap">LDAP</link>.</para>
</footnote>. Use of a good XML editor while editing the application context file should
provide information on the attributes and elements that are available. We would recommend that
you try out the <link xlink:href="http://www.springsource.com/products/sts">SpringSource Tool
Suite</link> as it has special features for working with standard Spring namespaces. </para>
<para> To start using the security namespace in your application context, all you need to do is
add the schema declaration to your application context file: <programlisting language="xml">
<![CDATA[
@ -61,25 +61,41 @@
<para> The namespace is designed to capture the most common uses of the framework and provide
a simplified and concise syntax for enabling them within an application. The design is based
around the large-scale dependencies within the framework, and can be divided up into the
following areas: <itemizedlist><listitem><para>
following areas: <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Web/HTTP Security</emphasis> - the most complex part. Sets up the filters
and related service beans used to apply the framework authentication mechanisms, to
secure URLs, render login and error pages and much
more.</para></listitem><listitem><para>
secure URLs, render login and error pages and much more.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Business Object (Method) Security</emphasis> - options for securing the
service layer.</para></listitem><listitem><para>
service layer.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>AuthenticationManager</emphasis> - handles authentication requests from
other parts of the framework.</para></listitem><listitem><para>
other parts of the framework.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>AccessDecisionManager</emphasis> - provides access decisions for web and
method security. A default one will be registered, but you can also choose to use a
custom one, declared using normal Spring bean
syntax.</para></listitem><listitem><para>
custom one, declared using normal Spring bean syntax.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>AuthenticationProvider</emphasis>s - mechanisms against which the
authentication manager authenticates users. The namespace provides supports for
several standard options and also a means of adding custom beans declared using a
traditional syntax. </para></listitem><listitem><para>
traditional syntax. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>UserDetailsService</emphasis> - closely related to authentication providers,
but often also required by other beans.</para></listitem>
but often also required by other beans.</para>
</listitem>
<!-- todo: diagram and link to other sections which describe the interfaces -->
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>We'll see how to configure these in the following sections.</para>
@ -131,13 +147,16 @@
ant path style syntax. The <literal>access</literal> attribute defines the access
requirements for requests matching the given pattern. With the default configuration, this
is typically a comma-separated list of roles, one of which a user must have to be allowed to
make the request. Access-control in Spring Security is not limited to the use of simple
roles, however, and we'll see later how the interpretation can vary<footnote><para>The
interpretation of the comma-separated values in the <literal>access</literal> attribute
depends on the implementation of the <link xlink:href="#ns-access-manager"
make the request. The prefix <quote>ROLE_</quote> is a marker which indicates that a simple
comparison with the user's authorities should be made. In other words, a normal role-based
check should be used. Access-control in Spring Security is not limited to the use of simple
roles (hence the use of the prefix to differentiate between different types of security
attributes). We'll see later how the interpretation can vary<footnote>
<para>The interpretation of the comma-separated values in the <literal>access</literal>
attribute depends on the implementation of the <link xlink:href="#ns-access-manager"
>AccessDecisionManager</link> which is used. In Spring Security 3.0, the attribute can
also be populated with an <link xlink:href="#el-access">EL
expression</link>.</para></footnote>.</para>
also be populated with an <link xlink:href="#el-access">EL expression</link>.</para>
</footnote>.</para>
<note>
<para>You can use multiple <literal>&lt;intercept-url&gt;</literal> elements to define
different access requirements for different sets of URLs, but they will be evaluated in
@ -201,14 +220,15 @@
<logout />
</http>
]]></programlisting> These other elements are responsible for setting up form-login, basic
authentication and logout handling services respectively <footnote><para>In versions prior
to 3.0, this list also included remember-me functionality. This could cause some
confusing errors with some configurations and was removed in 3.0. In 3.0, the addition
of an <classname>AnonymousAuthenticationFilter</classname> is part of the default
<literal>&lt;http></literal> configuration, so the <literal>&lt;anonymous
/></literal> element is added regardless of whether <literal>auto-config</literal>
is enabled.</para></footnote> . They each have attributes which can be used to alter
their behaviour. </para>
authentication and logout handling services respectively <footnote>
<para>In versions prior to 3.0, this list also included remember-me functionality. This
could cause some confusing errors with some configurations and was removed in 3.0. In
3.0, the addition of an <classname>AnonymousAuthenticationFilter</classname> is part
of the default <literal>&lt;http></literal> configuration, so the
<literal>&lt;anonymous /></literal> element is added regardless of whether
<literal>auto-config</literal> is enabled.</para>
</footnote> . They each have attributes which can be used to alter their behaviour.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="ns-form-and-basic">
<title>Form and Basic Login Options</title>
@ -229,15 +249,16 @@
</programlisting> Note that you can still use <literal>auto-config</literal>. The
<literal>form-login</literal> element just overrides the default settings. Also note
that we've added an extra <literal>intercept-url</literal> element to say that any
requests for the login page should be available to anonymous users <footnote><para>See the
chapter on <link xlink:href="#anonymous">anonymous authentication</link> and also the
<link xlink:href="#authz-authenticated-voter">AuthenticatedVoter</link> class for
more details on how the value <literal>IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY</literal> is
processed.</para></footnote>. Otherwise the request would be matched by the pattern
<literal>/**</literal> and it wouldn't be possible to access the login page itself! This
is a common configuration error and will result in an infinite loop in the application.
Spring Security will emit a warning in the log if your login page appears to be secured.
It is also possible to have all requests matching a particular pattern bypass the security
requests for the login page should be available to anonymous users <footnote>
<para>See the chapter on <link xlink:href="#anonymous">anonymous authentication</link>
and also the <link xlink:href="#authz-authenticated-voter">AuthenticatedVoter</link>
class for more details on how the value
<literal>IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY</literal> is processed.</para>
</footnote>. Otherwise the request would be matched by the pattern <literal>/**</literal>
and it wouldn't be possible to access the login page itself! This is a common
configuration error and will result in an infinite loop in the application. Spring
Security will emit a warning in the log if your login page appears to be secured. It is
also possible to have all requests matching a particular pattern bypass the security
filter chain completely: <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
<http auto-config='true'>
<intercept-url pattern="/css/**" filters="none"/>
@ -458,14 +479,20 @@
logs in. If you don't require this protection, or it conflicts with some other
requirement, you can control the behaviour using the
<literal>session-fixation-protection</literal> attribute on
<literal>&lt;session-management&gt;</literal>, which has three options
<itemizedlist><listitem><para><literal>migrateSession</literal> - creates a new
session and copies the existing session attributes to the new session. This is the
default.</para></listitem><listitem><para><literal>none</literal> - Don't do
anything. The original session will be
retained.</para></listitem><listitem><para><literal>newSession</literal> - Create
a new "clean" session, without copying the existing session
data.</para></listitem></itemizedlist></para>
<literal>&lt;session-management&gt;</literal>, which has three options <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><literal>migrateSession</literal> - creates a new session and copies the
existing session attributes to the new session. This is the default.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>none</literal> - Don't do anything. The original session will be
retained.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>newSession</literal> - Create a new "clean" session, without copying
the existing session data.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
</section>
</section>
<section xml:id="ns-openid">
@ -478,15 +505,18 @@
</http>
]]></programlisting> You should then register yourself with an OpenID provider (such as
myopenid.com), and add the user information to your in-memory
<literal>&lt;user-service&gt;</literal>: <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
<user name="http://jimi.hendrix.myopenid.com/" password="notused"
authorities="ROLE_USER" />
<literal>&lt;user-service&gt;</literal> : <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
<user name="http://jimi.hendrix.myopenid.com/" authorities="ROLE_USER" />
]]></programlisting> You should be able to login using the <literal>myopenid.com</literal> site to
authenticate. It is also possible to select a specific
<interfacename>UserDetailsService</interfacename> bean for use OpenID by setting the
<literal>user-service-ref</literal> attribute on the <literal>openid-login</literal>
element. See the previous section on <link xlink:href="#ns-auth-providers">authentication
providers</link> for more information. </para>
providers</link> for more information. Note that we have omitted the password attribute
from the above user configuration, since this set of user data is only being used to load
the authorities for the user. A random password will be generate internally, preventing you
from accidentally using this user data as an authentication source elsewhere in your
configuration.</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="ns-custom-filters">
<title>Adding in Your Own Filters</title>
@ -502,48 +532,112 @@
<para>The order of the filters is always strictly enforced when using the namespace. When the
application context is being created, the filter beans are sorted by the namespace handling
code and the standard Spring Security filters each have an alias in the namespace and a
well-known position.<note><para>In previous versions, the sorting took place after the
filter instances had been created, during post-processing of the application context. In
version 3.0+ the sorting is now done at the bean metadata level, before the classes have
been instantiated. This has implications for how you add your own filters to the stack
as the entire filter list must be known during the parsing of the
<literal>&lt;http></literal> element, so the syntax has changed slightly in
3.0.</para></note>The filters, aliases and namespace elements/attributes which create
the filters are shown in <xref linkend="filter-stack"/>. The filters are listed in the order
in which they occur in the filter chain. <table xml:id="filter-stack"><title>Standard Filter
Aliases and Ordering</title><tgroup cols="3" align="left"><thead><row><entry
align="center">Alias</entry><entry align="center">Filter Class</entry><entry
align="center">Namespace Element or
Attribute</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry>
CHANNEL_FILTER</entry><entry><literal>ChannelProcessingFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/intercept-url@requires-channel</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
CONCURRENT_SESSION_FILTER</entry><entry><literal>ConcurrentSessionFilter</literal>
</entry><entry><literal>session-management/concurrency-control</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
SECURITY_CONTEXT_FILTER</entry><entry><classname>SecurityContextPersistenceFilter</classname></entry><entry><literal>http</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
LOGOUT_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>LogoutFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/logout</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
X509_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>X509AuthenticationFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/x509</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
PRE_AUTH_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>AstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter</literal>
Subclasses</entry><entry>N/A</entry></row><row><entry> CAS_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>CasAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry><entry>N/A</entry></row><row><entry>
FORM_LOGIN_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/form-login</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
BASIC_AUTH_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>BasicAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/http-basic</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
SERVLET_API_SUPPORT_FILTER</entry><entry><literal>SecurityContextHolderAwareFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/@servlet-api-provision</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
REMEMBER_ME_FILTER
</entry><entry><classname>RememberMeAuthenticationFilter</classname></entry><entry><literal>http/remember-me</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
ANONYMOUS_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>AnonymousAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>http/anonymous</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
SESSION_MANAGEMENT_FILTER</entry><entry><literal>SessionManagementFilter</literal></entry><entry><literal>session-management</literal></entry></row><row><entry>EXCEPTION_TRANSLATION_FILTER
</entry><entry><classname>ExceptionTranslationFilter</classname></entry><entry><literal>http</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
FILTER_SECURITY_INTERCEPTOR
</entry><entry><classname>FilterSecurityInterceptor</classname></entry><entry><literal>http</literal></entry></row><row><entry>
SWITCH_USER_FILTER
</entry><entry><literal>SwitchUserFilter</literal></entry><entry>N/A</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table>
You can add your own filter to the stack, using the <literal>custom-filter</literal> element
and one of these names to specify the position your filter should appear at: <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
well-known position.<note>
<para>In previous versions, the sorting took place after the filter instances had been
created, during post-processing of the application context. In version 3.0+ the sorting
is now done at the bean metadata level, before the classes have been instantiated. This
has implications for how you add your own filters to the stack as the entire filter list
must be known during the parsing of the <literal>&lt;http></literal> element, so the
syntax has changed slightly in 3.0.</para>
</note>The filters, aliases and namespace elements/attributes which create the filters are
shown in <xref linkend="filter-stack"/>. The filters are listed in the order in which they
occur in the filter chain. <table xml:id="filter-stack">
<title>Standard Filter Aliases and Ordering</title>
<tgroup cols="3" align="left">
<thead>
<row>
<entry align="center">Alias</entry>
<entry align="center">Filter Class</entry>
<entry align="center">Namespace Element or Attribute</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry> CHANNEL_FILTER</entry>
<entry><literal>ChannelProcessingFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/intercept-url@requires-channel</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> CONCURRENT_SESSION_FILTER</entry>
<entry><literal>ConcurrentSessionFilter</literal>
</entry>
<entry><literal>session-management/concurrency-control</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> SECURITY_CONTEXT_FILTER</entry>
<entry><classname>SecurityContextPersistenceFilter</classname></entry>
<entry><literal>http</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> LOGOUT_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>LogoutFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/logout</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> X509_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>X509AuthenticationFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/x509</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> PRE_AUTH_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>AstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter</literal> Subclasses</entry>
<entry>N/A</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> CAS_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>CasAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry>
<entry>N/A</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> FORM_LOGIN_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/form-login</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> BASIC_AUTH_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>BasicAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/http-basic</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> SERVLET_API_SUPPORT_FILTER</entry>
<entry><literal>SecurityContextHolderAwareFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/@servlet-api-provision</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> REMEMBER_ME_FILTER </entry>
<entry><classname>RememberMeAuthenticationFilter</classname></entry>
<entry><literal>http/remember-me</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> ANONYMOUS_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>AnonymousAuthenticationFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>http/anonymous</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> SESSION_MANAGEMENT_FILTER</entry>
<entry><literal>SessionManagementFilter</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>session-management</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EXCEPTION_TRANSLATION_FILTER </entry>
<entry><classname>ExceptionTranslationFilter</classname></entry>
<entry><literal>http</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> FILTER_SECURITY_INTERCEPTOR </entry>
<entry><classname>FilterSecurityInterceptor</classname></entry>
<entry><literal>http</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> SWITCH_USER_FILTER </entry>
<entry><literal>SwitchUserFilter</literal></entry>
<entry>N/A</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table> You can add your own filter to the stack, using the
<literal>custom-filter</literal> element and one of these names to specify the position
your filter should appear at: <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
<http>
<custom-filter position="FORM_LOGIN_FILTER" ref="myFilter" />
</http>

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anyone who has a <interfacename>GrantedAuthority</interfacename> matching either of these
two attributes will be allowed access. Strictly speaking though, they are just attributes
and the interpretation is dependent on the
<interfacename>AccessDecisionManager</interfacename> implementation.</para>
<interfacename>AccessDecisionManager</interfacename> implementation. The use of the
prefix <literal>ROLE_</literal> is a marker to indicate that these attributes are roles
and should be consumed by Spring Security's <classname>RoleVoter</classname>. This is only
relevant when a voter-based <interfacename>AccessDecisionManager</interfacename> is in
use. We'll see how the <interfacename>AccessDecisionManager</interfacename> is
implemented in the <link xlink:href="authz-arch">authorization chapter</link>.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>RunAsManager</title>