src/org/jsecurity/web/filter/authc/AnonymousFilter.java

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package org.jsecurity.web.filter.authc;

import org.jsecurity.web.filter.PathMatchingFilter;

import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;

/**
 * Filter that allows access to a path immeidately without performing security checks of any kind.
 * <p/>
 * This filter is useful primarily in exclusionary policies, where you have defined a url pattern
 * to require a certain security level, but maybe only subset of urls in that pattern should allow any access.
 * <p/>
 * For example, if you had a user-only section of a website, you might want to require that access to
 * any url in that section must be from an authenticated user.
 * <p/>
 * Here is how that would look in the JSecurityFilter configuration:
 * <p/>
 * <code>[urls]<br/>
 * /user/** = authc</code>
 * <p/>
 * But if you wanted <code>/user/signup/**</code> to be available to anyone, you have to exclude that path since
 * it is a subset of the first.  This is where the AnonymousFilter ('anon') is useful:
 * <p/>
 * <code>[urls]<br/>
 * /user/signup/** = anon<br/>
 * /user/** = authc</code>>
 * <p/>
 * Since the url pattern definitions follow a 'first match wins' paradigm, the <code>anon</code> filter will
 * match the <code>/user/signup/**</code> paths and the <code>/user/**</code> path chain will not be evaluated.
 *
 * @author Jeremy Haile
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @since 0.9
 */
public class AnonymousFilter extends PathMatchingFilter {

    /**
     * Always returns <code>true</code> allowing unchecked access to the underlying path or resource.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> always, allowing unchecked access to the underlying path or resource.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean onPreHandle(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, Object mappedValue) {
        // Always return true since we allow access to anyone
        return true;
    }

}