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+=========
+
+## Spring Security for REST Example Project
+
+
+### Relevant Articles:
+- [Spring Security Authentication Provider](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-security-authentication-provider)
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diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/AuthenticationFacade.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/AuthenticationFacade.java
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+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/AuthenticationFacade.java
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+package org.baeldung.security;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class AuthenticationFacade implements IAuthenticationFacade {
+
+ public AuthenticationFacade() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @Override
+ public final Authentication getAuthentication() {
+ return SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/CustomAuthenticationProvider.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/CustomAuthenticationProvider.java
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+package org.baeldung.security;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
+import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class CustomAuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider {
+
+ public CustomAuthenticationProvider() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @Override
+ public Authentication authenticate(final Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException {
+ final String name = authentication.getName();
+ final String password = authentication.getCredentials().toString();
+ if (name.equals("admin") && password.equals("system")) {
+ final List grantedAuths = new ArrayList<>();
+ grantedAuths.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_USER"));
+ final UserDetails principal = new User(name, password, grantedAuths);
+ final Authentication auth = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(principal, password, grantedAuths);
+ return auth;
+ } else {
+ return null;
+ }
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean supports(final Class> authentication) {
+ return authentication.equals(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.class);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/IAuthenticationFacade.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/IAuthenticationFacade.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1223e41cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/IAuthenticationFacade.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.baeldung.security;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+
+public interface IAuthenticationFacade {
+
+ Authentication getAuthentication();
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..698052fa2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.baeldung.security;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.HttpSessionRequestCache;
+import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCache;
+import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+public class MySavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler {
+
+ private RequestCache requestCache = new HttpSessionRequestCache();
+
+ @Override
+ public void onAuthenticationSuccess(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletResponse response, final Authentication authentication) throws ServletException, IOException {
+ final SavedRequest savedRequest = requestCache.getRequest(request, response);
+
+ if (savedRequest == null) {
+ super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
+
+ return;
+ }
+ final String targetUrlParameter = getTargetUrlParameter();
+ if (isAlwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl() || (targetUrlParameter != null && StringUtils.hasText(request.getParameter(targetUrlParameter)))) {
+ requestCache.removeRequest(request, response);
+ super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
+
+ return;
+ }
+
+ clearAuthenticationAttributes(request);
+
+ // Use the DefaultSavedRequest URL
+ // final String targetUrl = savedRequest.getRedirectUrl();
+ // logger.debug("Redirecting to DefaultSavedRequest Url: " + targetUrl);
+ // getRedirectStrategy().sendRedirect(request, response, targetUrl);
+ }
+
+ public void setRequestCache(final RequestCache requestCache) {
+ this.requestCache = requestCache;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/RestAuthenticationEntryPoint.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/RestAuthenticationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77aa32ff97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/RestAuthenticationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.baeldung.security;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
+import org.springframework.security.web.AuthenticationEntryPoint;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * The Entry Point will not redirect to any sort of Login - it will return the 401
+ */
+@Component
+public final class RestAuthenticationEntryPoint implements AuthenticationEntryPoint {
+
+ @Override
+ public void commence(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletResponse response, final AuthenticationException authException) throws IOException {
+ response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED, "Unauthorized");
+ }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ce80dab9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.baeldung.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+@Configuration
+@ImportResource({ "classpath:webSecurityConfig.xml" })
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.security")
+public class SecSecurityConfig {
+
+ public SecSecurityConfig() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c3d677af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.baeldung.spring;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableWebMvc
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.web")
+public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+
+ public WebConfig() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // beans
+
+ @Override
+ public void configureMessageConverters(final List> converters) {
+ super.configureMessageConverters(converters);
+ converters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
+ }
+
+ //
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff5a00fd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import org.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping(value = "/foo")
+public class FooController {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private ApplicationEventPublisher eventPublisher;
+
+ public FooController() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public Foo findOne(@PathVariable("id") final Long id) {
+ return new Foo();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController1.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController1.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d06f15af93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationToken;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class SecurityController1 {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private ApplicationEventPublisher eventPublisher;
+
+ public SecurityController1() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/username1", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public String currentUserName() {
+ final Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
+ if (!(authentication instanceof AnonymousAuthenticationToken)) {
+ final String currentPrincipalName = authentication.getName();
+ System.out.println("Authentication: " + authentication);
+ System.out.println("Principal: " + authentication.getPrincipal());
+ return currentPrincipalName;
+ }
+
+ return null;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController2.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac02738d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class SecurityController2 {
+
+ public SecurityController2() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/username2", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public String currentUserNameSimple(final Principal principal) {
+ return principal.getName();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController3.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController3.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb207b43dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController3.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class SecurityController3 {
+
+ public SecurityController3() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/username3", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public String currentUserNameSimple(final Authentication authentication) {
+ UserDetails userDetails = (UserDetails) authentication.getPrincipal();
+ System.out.println("Retrieved user with authorities: " + userDetails.getAuthorities());
+ return authentication.getName();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController4.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController4.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0434cc5fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController4.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class SecurityController4 {
+
+ public SecurityController4() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/username4", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public String currentUserNameSimple(final HttpServletRequest request) {
+ final Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();
+ return principal.getName();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController5.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController5.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1a0c35cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/SecurityController5.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import org.baeldung.security.IAuthenticationFacade;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class SecurityController5 {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private IAuthenticationFacade authenticationFacade;
+
+ public SecurityController5() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ // API
+
+ @RequestMapping(value = "/username5", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+ @ResponseBody
+ public String currentUserNameSimple() {
+ final Authentication authentication = authenticationFacade.getAuthentication();
+ return authentication.getName();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09c1dac933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.dto;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+
+@XmlRootElement
+public class Foo implements Serializable {
+
+ public Foo() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1146dade63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+
+
+
+ web - %date [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %message%n
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3766574f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5463820874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..372688c8d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+
+
+ Spring Security Custom Application
+
+
+
+ contextClass
+
+ org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
+
+
+
+ contextConfigLocation
+ org.baeldung.spring
+
+
+
+ org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
+
+
+
+
+ api
+ org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
+ 1
+
+
+ api
+ /api/*
+
+
+
+
+
+ springSecurityFilterChain
+ org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy
+
+
+ springSecurityFilterChain
+ /*
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-template/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/spring-security-rest-template/src/test/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-rest-template/src/test/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file