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public
interface
GrantedAuthority
implements Serializable| org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority |
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Class Overview
Represents an authority granted to an Authentication object.
A GrantedAuthority must either represent itself as a
String or be specifically supported by an AccessDecisionManager.
Summary
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If the
GrantedAuthority can be represented as a String and that
String is sufficient in precision to be relied upon for an access control decision by an AccessDecisionManager (or delegate), this method should return such a String. | |||||||||||
Public Methods
public abstract String getAuthority ()
If the GrantedAuthority can be represented as a String and that
String is sufficient in precision to be relied upon for an access control decision by an AccessDecisionManager (or delegate), this method should return such a String.
If the GrantedAuthority cannot be expressed with sufficient precision as a String,
null should be returned. Returning null will require an
AccessDecisionManager (or delegate) to specifically support the GrantedAuthority
implementation, so returning null should be avoided unless actually required.
Returns
- a representation of the granted authority (or
nullif the granted authority cannot be expressed as aStringwith sufficient precision).