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package io.vertx.ext.auth;

import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Fluent;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.core.AsyncResult;
import io.vertx.core.Future;
import io.vertx.core.Handler;
import io.vertx.core.Promise;
import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authorization.Authorization;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authorization.Authorizations;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authorization.RoleBasedAuthorization;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authorization.WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.authorization.impl.AuthorizationsImpl;
import io.vertx.ext.auth.impl.UserImpl;

Represents an authenticates User and contains operations to authorise the user.

Please consult the documentation for a detailed explanation.

Author:Tim Fox
/** * Represents an authenticates User and contains operations to authorise the user. * <p> * Please consult the documentation for a detailed explanation. * * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a> */
@VertxGen public interface User {
Factory for user instances that are single string. The credentials will be added to the principal of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. Will create a principal with a property "username" with the name as value.
Params:
  • username – the value for this user
Returns:user instance
/** * Factory for user instances that are single string. The credentials will be added to the principal * of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. * * Will create a principal with a property {@code "username"} with the name as value. * * @param username the value for this user * @return user instance */
static User fromName(String username) { return create(new JsonObject().put("username", username)); }
Factory for user instances that are single string. The credentials will be added to the principal of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. Will create a principal with a property "access_token" with the name as value.
Params:
  • token – the value for this user
Returns:user instance
/** * Factory for user instances that are single string. The credentials will be added to the principal * of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. * * Will create a principal with a property {@code "access_token"} with the name as value. * * @param token the value for this user * @return user instance */
static User fromToken(String token) { return create(new JsonObject().put("access_token", token)); }
Factory for user instances that are free form. The credentials will be added to the principal of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done.
Params:
  • principal – the free form json principal
Returns:user instance
/** * Factory for user instances that are free form. The credentials will be added to the principal * of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. * * @param principal the free form json principal * @return user instance */
static User create(JsonObject principal) { return create(principal, new JsonObject()); }
Factory for user instances that are free form. The credentials will be added to the principal of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done.
Params:
  • principal – the free form json principal
  • attributes – the free form json attributes that further describe the principal
Returns:user instance
/** * Factory for user instances that are free form. The credentials will be added to the principal * of this instance. As nothing can be said about the credentials no validation will be done. * * @param principal the free form json principal * @param attributes the free form json attributes that further describe the principal * @return user instance */
static User create(JsonObject principal, JsonObject attributes) { return new UserImpl(principal, attributes); }
Gets extra attributes of the user. Attributes contains any attributes related to the outcome of authenticating a user (e.g.: issued date, metadata, etc...)
Returns:a json object with any relevant attribute.
/** * Gets extra attributes of the user. Attributes contains any attributes related * to the outcome of authenticating a user (e.g.: issued date, metadata, etc...) * * @return a json object with any relevant attribute. */
JsonObject attributes();
Flags this user object to be expired. A User is considered expired if it contains an expiration time and the current clock time is post the expiration date.
Returns:true if expired
/** * Flags this user object to be expired. A User is considered expired if it contains an expiration time and * the current clock time is post the expiration date. * * @return {@code true} if expired */
default boolean expired() { return expired(attributes().getInteger("leeway", 0)); }
Flags this user object to be expired. Expiration takes 3 values in account:
  1. exp "expiration" timestamp in seconds.
  2. iat "issued at" in seconds.
  3. nbf "not before" in seconds.
A User is considered expired if it contains any of the above and the current clock time does not agree with the parameter value. If the attributes() do not contain a key then principal() properties are checked.

If all of the properties are not available the user will not expire.

Implementations of this interface might relax this rule to account for a leeway to safeguard against clock drifting.

Params:
  • leeway – a greater than zero leeway value.
Returns:true if expired
/** * Flags this user object to be expired. Expiration takes 3 values in account: * * <ol> * <li>{@code exp} "expiration" timestamp in seconds.</li> * <li>{@code iat} "issued at" in seconds.</li> * <li>{@code nbf} "not before" in seconds.</li> * </ol> * A User is considered expired if it contains any of the above and * the current clock time does not agree with the parameter value. If the {@link #attributes()} do not contain a key * then {@link #principal()} properties are checked. * <p> * If all of the properties are not available the user will not expire. * <p> * Implementations of this interface might relax this rule to account for a leeway to safeguard against * clock drifting. * * @param leeway a greater than zero leeway value. * @return {@code true} if expired */
default boolean expired(int leeway) { // All dates are of type NumericDate // a NumericDate is: numeric value representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z UTC until // the specified UTC date/time, ignoring leap seconds final long now = (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000); if (containsKey("exp")) { if (now - leeway >= attributes().getLong("exp", principal().getLong("exp"))) { return true; } } if (containsKey("iat")) { Long iat = attributes().getLong("iat", principal().getLong("iat")); // issue at must be in the past if (iat > now + leeway) { return true; } } if (containsKey("nbf")) { Long nbf = attributes().getLong("nbf", principal().getLong("nbf")); // not before must be after now if (nbf > now + leeway) { return true; } } return false; }
Get a value from the user object. This method will perform lookups on several places before returning a value.
  1. If there is a rootClaim the look up will happen in the attributes[rootClaim]
  2. If exists the value will be returned from the attributes()
  3. If exists the value will be returned from the principal()
  4. Otherwise it will be null
Params:
  • key – the key to look up
Type parameters:
  • <T> – the expected type
Throws:
Returns:the value or null if missing
/** * Get a value from the user object. This method will perform lookups on several places before returning a value. * <ol> * <li>If there is a {@code rootClaim} the look up will happen in the {@code attributes[rootClaim]}</li> * <li>If exists the value will be returned from the {@link #attributes()}</li> * <li>If exists the value will be returned from the {@link #principal()}</li> * <li>Otherwise it will be {@code null}</li> * </ol> * @param key the key to look up * @param <T> the expected type * @return the value or null if missing * @throws ClassCastException if the value cannot be casted to {@code T} */
default <T> T get(String key) { if (attributes().containsKey("rootClaim")) { JsonObject rootClaim; try { rootClaim = attributes().getJsonObject(attributes().getString("rootClaim")); } catch (ClassCastException e) { // ignore rootClaim = null; } if (rootClaim != null && rootClaim.containsKey(key)) { return (T) rootClaim.getValue(key); } } if (attributes().containsKey(key)) { return (T) attributes().getValue(key); } if (principal().containsKey(key)) { return (T) principal().getValue(key); } return null; }
Checks if a value exists on the user object. This method will perform lookups on several places before returning.
  1. If there is a rootClaim the look up will happen in the attributes[rootClaim]
  2. If exists the value will be returned from the attributes()
  3. If exists the value will be returned from the principal()
  4. Otherwise it will be null
Params:
  • key – the key to look up
Returns:the value or null if missing
/** * Checks if a value exists on the user object. This method will perform lookups on several places before returning. * <ol> * <li>If there is a {@code rootClaim} the look up will happen in the {@code attributes[rootClaim]}</li> * <li>If exists the value will be returned from the {@link #attributes()}</li> * <li>If exists the value will be returned from the {@link #principal()}</li> * <li>Otherwise it will be {@code null}</li> * </ol> * @param key the key to look up * @return the value or null if missing */
default boolean containsKey(String key) { if (attributes().containsKey("rootClaim")) { JsonObject rootClaim; try { rootClaim = attributes().getJsonObject(attributes().getString("rootClaim")); } catch (ClassCastException e) { // ignore rootClaim = null; } if (rootClaim != null && rootClaim.containsKey(key)) { return true; } } return attributes().containsKey(key) || principal().containsKey(key); }
Returns user's authorizations that have been previously loaded by the providers.
Returns:authorizations holder for the user.
/** * Returns user's authorizations that have been previously loaded by the providers. * * @return authorizations holder for the user. */
default Authorizations authorizations() { return new AuthorizationsImpl(); }
Is the user authorised to
Params:
  • authority – the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`.
  • resultHandler – handler that will be called with an AsyncResult containing the value `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise.
Returns:the User to enable fluent use
/** * Is the user authorised to * * @param authority the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might * represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent * authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`. * @param resultHandler handler that will be called with an {@link io.vertx.core.AsyncResult} containing the value * `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise. * @return the User to enable fluent use */
@Fluent @Deprecated User isAuthorized(Authorization authority, Handler<AsyncResult<Boolean>> resultHandler);
Is the user authorised to
Params:
  • authority – the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`.
  • resultHandler – handler that will be called with an AsyncResult containing the value `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise.
Returns:the User to enable fluent use
Deprecated:Use typed alternative isAuthorized(Authorization, Handler<AsyncResult<Boolean>>)
/** * Is the user authorised to * * @param authority the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might * represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent * authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`. * @param resultHandler handler that will be called with an {@link io.vertx.core.AsyncResult} containing the value * `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise. * @return the User to enable fluent use * @deprecated Use typed alternative {@link #isAuthorized(Authorization, Handler)} */
@Fluent @Deprecated default User isAuthorized(String authority, Handler<AsyncResult<Boolean>> resultHandler) { return isAuthorized( authority.startsWith("role:") ? RoleBasedAuthorization.create(authority.substring(5)) : WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization.create(authority), resultHandler); }
Is the user authorised to
Params:
  • authority – the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`.
See Also:
Returns:Future handler that will be called with an AsyncResult containing the value `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise.
/** * Is the user authorised to * * @param authority the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might * represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent * authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`. * @return Future handler that will be called with an {@link io.vertx.core.AsyncResult} containing the value * `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise. * @see User#isAuthorized(Authorization, Handler) */
@Deprecated default Future<Boolean> isAuthorized(Authorization authority) { Promise<Boolean> promise = Promise.promise(); isAuthorized(authority, promise); return promise.future(); }
Is the user authorised to
Params:
  • authority – the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`.
See Also:
Returns:Future handler that will be called with an AsyncResult containing the value `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise.
Deprecated:Use typed alternative isAuthorized(Authorization)
/** * Is the user authorised to * * @param authority the authority - what this really means is determined by the specific implementation. It might * represent a permission to access a resource e.g. `printers:printer34` or it might represent * authority to a role in a roles based model, e.g. `role:admin`. * @return Future handler that will be called with an {@link io.vertx.core.AsyncResult} containing the value * `true` if the they has the authority or `false` otherwise. * @see User#isAuthorized(String, Handler) * @deprecated Use typed alternative {@link #isAuthorized(Authorization)} */
@Deprecated default Future<Boolean> isAuthorized(String authority) { return isAuthorized( authority.startsWith("role:") ? RoleBasedAuthorization.create(authority.substring(5)) : WildcardPermissionBasedAuthorization.create(authority)); }
The User object will cache any authorities that it knows it has to avoid hitting the underlying auth provider each time. Use this method if you want to clear this cache.
Returns:the User to enable fluent use
Deprecated:This method will be removed. Use Authorizations.clear()
/** * The User object will cache any authorities that it knows it has to avoid hitting the * underlying auth provider each time. Use this method if you want to clear this cache. * * @return the User to enable fluent use * @deprecated This method will be removed. Use {@link Authorizations#clear()} */
@Fluent @Deprecated default User clearCache() { authorizations().clear(); return this; }
Get the underlying principal for the User. What this actually returns depends on the implementation. For a simple user/password based auth, it's likely to contain a JSON object with the following structure:
  {
    "username", "tim"
  }
Returns:JSON representation of the Principal
/** * Get the underlying principal for the User. What this actually returns depends on the implementation. * For a simple user/password based auth, it's likely to contain a JSON object with the following structure: * <pre> * { * "username", "tim" * } * </pre> * * @return JSON representation of the Principal */
JsonObject principal();
Set the auth provider for the User. This is typically used to reattach a detached User with an AuthProvider, e.g. after it has been deserialized.
Params:
  • authProvider – the AuthProvider - this must be the same type of AuthProvider that originally created the User
/** * Set the auth provider for the User. This is typically used to reattach a detached User with an AuthProvider, e.g. * after it has been deserialized. * * @param authProvider the AuthProvider - this must be the same type of AuthProvider that originally created the User */
@Deprecated void setAuthProvider(AuthProvider authProvider); }