Interface SecurityContext

All Known Implementing Classes:
SecurityContextImpl
public interface SecurityContext
What the security layer knows about the thread's current request: who it is from. Held by SecurityContextHolder.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Authentication
    getAuthentication()
    The authenticated principal, an anonymous token, or null when no chain has looked at the request.
    void
    setAuthentication(Authentication authentication)
    Changes who the request is from.

  • Method Details

    • getAuthentication

      Authentication getAuthentication()
      The authenticated principal, an anonymous token, or null when no chain has looked at the request.

    • setAuthentication

      void setAuthentication(Authentication authentication)
      Changes who the request is from. Signing a user in by hand also needs the chain's SecurityContextRepository to save it, or the next request starts anonymous again.