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package com.sun.jersey.spi.container;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext;
/**
* Security context that allows establishing a subject before a resource method
* or a sub-resource locator is called. Container or filters should set an
* implementation of this interface to the request context using
* {@link ContainerRequest#setSecurityContext(javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext)}.
* When Jersey detects this kind of context is in the request scope,
* it will use {@link #doAsSubject(java.security.PrivilegedAction)} method to
* dispatch the request to a resource method (or to call a sub-resource locator).
*
* @author Martin Matula
*/
public interface SubjectSecurityContext extends SecurityContext {
/**
* Jersey wraps calls to resource methods and sub-resource locators in
* {@link PrivilegedAction} instance and passes it to this method when
* dispatching a request. Implementations should do the needful to establish
* a {@link javax.security.auth.Subject} and invoke the {@link PrivilegedAction}
* passed as the parameter using {@link javax.security.auth.Subject#doAs(javax.security.auth.Subject, java.security.PrivilegedAction)}.
*
* @param action - {@link PrivilegedAction} to be executed by this method after
* establishing a subject.
* @return result of the action
*/
public Object doAsSubject(PrivilegedAction action);
}