java/org/apache/catalina/TomcatPrincipal.java

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package org.apache.catalina;

import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.Enumeration;

import org.ietf.jgss.GSSCredential;

/**
 * Defines additional methods implemented by {@link Principal}s created by
 * Tomcat's standard {@link Realm} implementations.
 */
public interface TomcatPrincipal extends Principal {

    /**
     * @return The authenticated Principal to be exposed to applications.
     */
    Principal getUserPrincipal();

    /**
     * @return The user's delegated credentials.
     */
    GSSCredential getGssCredential();

    /**
     * Calls logout, if necessary, on any associated JAASLoginContext and/or
     * GSSContext. May in the future be extended to cover other logout
     * requirements.
     *
     * @throws Exception If something goes wrong with the logout. Uses Exception
     *                   to allow for future expansion of this method to cover
     *                   other logout mechanisms that might throw a different
     *                   exception to LoginContext
     */
    void logout() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Returns the value of the named attribute as an <code>Object</code>, or
     * <code>null</code> if no attribute of the given name exists, or if
     * <code>null</code> has been specified as the attribute's name.
     * <p>
     * Only the servlet container may set attributes to make available custom
     * information about a Principal or the user it represents.
     * <p>
     * The purpose of the method is to implement read only access to attributes
     * which may be stored in the <code>Realm</code> implementation's backend
     * due to its inherent design.
     * <p>
     * As using this method from application code will make it non portable to
     * other EE compliant containers, it is advised this should never be used
     * as an object storage facility tied to the <code>Principal</code>, but
     * rather as simple extra additional metadata. It is recommended that a
     * container level object is used to further process the attributes that
     * may be associated with the <code>Principal</code>.
     * <p>
     * <code>Realm</code> implementations that are provided by Tomcat will
     * not provide complex type mapping, but will in most cases always
     * return a result as a <code>String</code> object which may need custom
     * decoding.
     * <p>
     * <code>Realm</code> implementations that are provided by Tomcat will
     * not provide an implementation for this facility unless it is inherent
     * to the storage backend of the <code>Realm</code> itself and metadata
     * is available without additional user intervention or configuration.
     *
     * @param name a <code>String</code> specifying the name of the attribute
     * @return an <code>Object</code> containing the value of the attribute, or
     *         <code>null</code> if the attribute does not exist, or if
     *         <code>null</code> has been specified as the attribute's name
     */
    Object getAttribute(String name);

    /**
     * Returns an <code>Enumeration</code> containing the names of the
     * attributes available to this Principal. This method returns an empty
     * <code>Enumeration</code> if the Principal has no attributes available to
     * it.
     *
     * @return an <code>Enumeration</code> of strings containing the names of
     *         the Principal's attributes
     */
    Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames();
}