org.acegisecurity.providers.ldap
Interface LdapAuthoritiesPopulator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultLdapAuthoritiesPopulator

public interface LdapAuthoritiesPopulator

Obtains a list of granted authorities for an Ldap user.

Used by the LdapAuthenticationProvider once a user has been authenticated to create the final user details object.

Version:

$Id: LdapAuthoritiesPopulator.java 1496 2006-05-23 13:38:33Z benalex $

Author:

Luke Taylor

Method Summary

GrantedAuthority[]

getGrantedAuthorities(LdapUserDetails userDetails) Get the list of authorities for the user.

Method Detail

getGrantedAuthorities

GrantedAuthority[] getGrantedAuthorities(LdapUserDetails userDetails)
                                         throws LdapDataAccessException

Get the list of authorities for the user.

Parameters:

userDetails - the user details object which was returned by the LDAP authenticator.

Returns:

the granted authorities for the given user.

Throws:

LdapDataAccessException - if there is a problem accessing the directory.