org.apache.catalina.authenticator
Class SingleSignOn

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn

All Implemented Interfaces:

Contained, Lifecycle, SessionListener, Valve

public class SingleSignOn

extends ValveBase

implements Lifecycle, SessionListener

A Valve that supports a "single sign on" user experience, where the security identity of a user who successfully authenticates to one web application is propogated to other web applications in the same security domain. For successful use, the following requirements must be met:

• This Valve must be configured on the Container that represents a virtual host (typically an implementation of Host).
• The Realm that contains the shared user and role information must be configured on the same Container (or a higher one), and not overridden at the web application level.
• The web applications themselves must use one of the standard Authenticators found in the org.apache.catalina.authenticator package.

Version:

$Revision: 466595 $ $Date: 2006-10-21 23:24:41 +0100 (Sat, 21 Oct 2006) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

protected java.util.HashMap	cache The cache of SingleSignOnEntry instances for authenticated Principals, keyed by the cookie value that is used to select them.
protected int	debug The debugging detail level for this component.
protected static java.lang.String	info Descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
protected LifecycleSupport	lifecycle The lifecycle event support for this component.
protected java.util.HashMap	reverse The cache of single sign on identifiers, keyed by the Session that is associated with them.
protected static StringManager	sm The string manager for this package.
protected boolean	started Component started flag.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

container

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Constructor Summary

SingleSignOn()

Method Summary

void	addLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener) Add a lifecycle event listener to this component.
LifecycleListener[]	findLifecycleListeners() Get the lifecycle listeners associated with this lifecycle.
int	getDebug() Return the debugging detail level.
java.lang.String	getInfo() Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.
boolean	getRequireReauthentication() Gets whether each request needs to be reauthenticated (by an Authenticator downstream in the pipeline) to the security Realm, or if this Valve can itself bind security info to the request based on the presence of a valid SSO entry without rechecking with the Realm
void	invoke(Request request, Response response, ValveContext context) Perform single-sign-on support processing for this request.
protected void	log(java.lang.String message) Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).
protected void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable throwable) Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).
protected org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOnEntry	lookup(java.lang.String ssoId) Look up and return the cached SingleSignOn entry associated with this sso id value, if there is one; otherwise return null.
void	removeLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener) Remove a lifecycle event listener from this component.
void	sessionEvent(SessionEvent event) Acknowledge the occurrence of the specified event.
void	setDebug(int debug) Set the debugging detail level.
void	setRequireReauthentication(boolean required) Sets whether each request needs to be reauthenticated (by an Authenticator downstream in the pipeline) to the security Realm, or if this Valve can itself bind security info to the request, based on the presence of a valid SSO entry, without rechecking with the Realm
void	start() Prepare for the beginning of active use of the public methods of this component.
void	stop() Gracefully terminate the active use of the public methods of this component.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String rendering of this object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

getContainer, setContainer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

cache

protected java.util.HashMap cache

The cache of SingleSignOnEntry instances for authenticated Principals, keyed by the cookie value that is used to select them.

debug

protected int debug

The debugging detail level for this component.

info

protected static java.lang.String info

Descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

lifecycle

protected LifecycleSupport lifecycle

The lifecycle event support for this component.

reverse

protected java.util.HashMap reverse

The cache of single sign on identifiers, keyed by the Session that is associated with them.

sm

protected static final StringManager sm

The string manager for this package.

started

protected boolean started

Component started flag.

Constructor Detail

SingleSignOn

public SingleSignOn()

Method Detail

getDebug

public int getDebug()

Return the debugging detail level.

Overrides:

getDebug in class ValveBase

setDebug

public void setDebug(int debug)

Set the debugging detail level.

Overrides:

setDebug in class ValveBase

Parameters:

debug - The new debugging detail level

getRequireReauthentication

public boolean getRequireReauthentication()

Gets whether each request needs to be reauthenticated (by an Authenticator downstream in the pipeline) to the security Realm, or if this Valve can itself bind security info to the request based on the presence of a valid SSO entry without rechecking with the Realm

Returns:

true if it is required that a downstream Authenticator reauthenticate each request before calls to HttpServletRequest.setUserPrincipal() and HttpServletRequest.setAuthType() are made; false if the Valve can itself make those calls relying on the presence of a valid SingleSignOn entry associated with the request.

See Also:

setRequireReauthentication(boolean)

setRequireReauthentication

public void setRequireReauthentication(boolean required)

Sets whether each request needs to be reauthenticated (by an Authenticator downstream in the pipeline) to the security Realm, or if this Valve can itself bind security info to the request, based on the presence of a valid SSO entry, without rechecking with the Realm If this property is false (the default), this Valve will bind a UserPrincipal and AuthType to the request if a valid SSO entry is associated with the request. It will not notify the security Realm of the incoming request.

This property should be set to true if the overall server configuration requires that the Realm reauthenticate each request thread. An example of such a configuration would be one where the Realm implementation provides security for both a web tier and an associated EJB tier, and needs to set security credentials on each request thread in order to support EJB access.

If this property is set to true, this Valve will set flags on the request notifying the downstream Authenticator that the request is associated with an SSO session. The Authenticator will then call its reauthenticateFromSSO method to attempt to reauthenticate the request to the Realm, using any credentials that were cached with this Valve.

The default value of this property is false, in order to maintain backward compatibility with previous versions of Tomcat.

Parameters:

required - true if it is required that a downstream Authenticator reauthenticate each request before calls to HttpServletRequest.setUserPrincipal() and HttpServletRequest.setAuthType() are made; false if the Valve can itself make those calls relying on the presence of a valid SingleSignOn entry associated with the request.

See Also:

AuthenticatorBase.reauthenticateFromSSO(java.lang.String, org.apache.catalina.HttpRequest)

addLifecycleListener

public void addLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener)

Add a lifecycle event listener to this component.

Specified by:

addLifecycleListener in interface Lifecycle

Parameters:

listener - The listener to add

findLifecycleListeners

public LifecycleListener[] findLifecycleListeners()

Get the lifecycle listeners associated with this lifecycle. If this Lifecycle has no listeners registered, a zero-length array is returned.

Specified by:

findLifecycleListeners in interface Lifecycle

removeLifecycleListener

public void removeLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener)

Remove a lifecycle event listener from this component.

Specified by:

removeLifecycleListener in interface Lifecycle

Parameters:

listener - The listener to remove

start

public void start()
           throws LifecycleException

Prepare for the beginning of active use of the public methods of this component. This method should be called after configure(), and before any of the public methods of the component are utilized.

Specified by:

start in interface Lifecycle

Throws:

LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used

stop

public void stop()
          throws LifecycleException

Gracefully terminate the active use of the public methods of this component. This method should be the last one called on a given instance of this component.

Specified by:

stop in interface Lifecycle

Throws:

LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that needs to be reported

sessionEvent

public void sessionEvent(SessionEvent event)

Acknowledge the occurrence of the specified event.

Specified by:

sessionEvent in interface SessionListener

Parameters:

event - SessionEvent that has occurred

getInfo

public java.lang.String getInfo()

Return descriptive information about this Valve implementation.

Specified by:

getInfo in interface Valve

Overrides:

getInfo in class ValveBase

invoke

public void invoke(Request request,
                   Response response,
                   ValveContext context)
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   javax.servlet.ServletException

Perform single-sign-on support processing for this request.

Specified by:

invoke in interface Valve

Specified by:

invoke in class ValveBase

Parameters:

request - The servlet request we are processing

response - The servlet response we are creating

context - The valve context used to invoke the next valve in the current processing pipeline

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an input/output error occurs

javax.servlet.ServletException - if a servlet error occurs

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String rendering of this object.

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message)

Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).

Parameters:

message - Message to be logged

log

protected void log(java.lang.String message,
                   java.lang.Throwable throwable)

Log a message on the Logger associated with our Container (if any).

Parameters:

message - Message to be logged

throwable - Associated exception

lookup

protected org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOnEntry lookup(java.lang.String ssoId)

Look up and return the cached SingleSignOn entry associated with this sso id value, if there is one; otherwise return null.

Parameters:

ssoId - Single sign on identifier to look up