org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService |
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Core interface which loads user-specific data.
It is used throughout the framework as a user DAO and is the strategy used by the
DaoAuthenticationProvider
.
The interface requires only one read-only method, which simplifies support for new data-access strategies.
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Locates the user based on the username.
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Locates the user based on the username. In the actual implementation, the search may possibly be case
insensitive, or case insensitive depending on how the implementation instance is configured. In this case, the
UserDetails
object that comes back may have a username that is of a different case than what was
actually requested..
username | the username identifying the user whose data is required. |
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)UsernameNotFoundException | if the user could not be found or the user has no GrantedAuthority |
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