Package org.springframework.security.web.access

Class ExceptionTranslationFilter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.servlet.Filter, org.springframework.beans.factory.Aware, org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNameAware, org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean, org.springframework.context.EnvironmentAware, org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware, org.springframework.core.env.EnvironmentCapable, org.springframework.web.context.ServletContextAware

public class ExceptionTranslationFilter
extends org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean
implements org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware

Handles any AccessDeniedException and AuthenticationException thrown within the filter chain.

This filter is necessary because it provides the bridge between Java exceptions and HTTP responses. It is solely concerned with maintaining the user interface. This filter does not do any actual security enforcement.

If an AuthenticationException is detected, the filter will launch the authenticationEntryPoint. This allows common handling of authentication failures originating from any subclass of AbstractSecurityInterceptor.

If an AccessDeniedException is detected, the filter will determine whether or not the user is an anonymous user. If they are an anonymous user, the authenticationEntryPoint will be launched. If they are not an anonymous user, the filter will delegate to the AccessDeniedHandler. By default the filter will use AccessDeniedHandlerImpl.

To use this filter, it is necessary to specify the following properties:

• authenticationEntryPoint indicates the handler that should commence the authentication process if an AuthenticationException is detected. Note that this may also switch the current protocol from http to https for an SSL login.
• requestCache determines the strategy used to save a request during the authentication process in order that it may be retrieved and reused once the user has authenticated. The default implementation is HttpSessionRequestCache.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor	messages

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ExceptionTranslationFilter(AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint)
ExceptionTranslationFilter(AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint, RequestCache requestCache)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	afterPropertiesSet()
void	doFilter(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response, javax.servlet.FilterChain chain)
AuthenticationEntryPoint	getAuthenticationEntryPoint()
protected org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver	getAuthenticationTrustResolver()
protected void	sendStartAuthentication(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.FilterChain chain, org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException reason)
void	setAccessDeniedHandler(AccessDeniedHandler accessDeniedHandler)
void	setAuthenticationTrustResolver(org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver authenticationTrustResolver)
void	setMessageSource(org.springframework.context.MessageSource messageSource)
void	setThrowableAnalyzer(ThrowableAnalyzer throwableAnalyzer)

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

addRequiredProperty, createEnvironment, destroy, getEnvironment, getFilterConfig, getFilterName, getServletContext, init, initBeanWrapper, initFilterBean, setBeanName, setEnvironment, setServletContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

messages

protected org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor messages

Constructor Detail

ExceptionTranslationFilter

public ExceptionTranslationFilter(AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint)

ExceptionTranslationFilter

public ExceptionTranslationFilter(AuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint,
                                  RequestCache requestCache)

Method Detail

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Overrides:

afterPropertiesSet in class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

doFilter

public void doFilter(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                     javax.servlet.ServletResponse response,
                     javax.servlet.FilterChain chain)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     javax.servlet.ServletException

Specified by:

doFilter in interface javax.servlet.Filter

Throws:

java.io.IOException

javax.servlet.ServletException

getAuthenticationEntryPoint

public AuthenticationEntryPoint getAuthenticationEntryPoint()

getAuthenticationTrustResolver

protected org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver getAuthenticationTrustResolver()

sendStartAuthentication

protected void sendStartAuthentication(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                       javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                       javax.servlet.FilterChain chain,
                                       org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException reason)
                                throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                                       java.io.IOException

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

setAccessDeniedHandler

public void setAccessDeniedHandler(AccessDeniedHandler accessDeniedHandler)

setAuthenticationTrustResolver

public void setAuthenticationTrustResolver(org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver authenticationTrustResolver)

setThrowableAnalyzer

public void setThrowableAnalyzer(ThrowableAnalyzer throwableAnalyzer)

setMessageSource

public void setMessageSource(org.springframework.context.MessageSource messageSource)

Specified by:

setMessageSource in interface org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware

Since:

5.5