Re: [cdi-dev] Types of Principal object
Hi,
We discussed this very issue in the Security API EG as well. In the
Security API the actual type *MUST* be retained as per the spec definition.
The problem in CDI, at least in Weld, is that a proxy is injected. This
happens via the build-in bean "PrincipalBean extends AbstractEEBean", where
AbstractEEBean does:
public abstract class AbstractEEBean<T> extends
AbstractStaticallyDecorableBuiltInBean<T> {
private final T proxy;
protected AbstractEEBean(Class<T> type, Callable<T> callable,
BeanManagerImpl beanManager) {
super(beanManager, type);
this.proxy = new ProxyFactory<T>(beanManager.getContextId(), type,
getTypes(), this).create(new EnterpriseTargetBeanInstance(type, new
CallableMethodHandler(callable)));
}
// ...
}
I'm not even sure if it's possible to downcast the proxy to the required
runtime type.
Also note that the Principal can change during the request. The simplest
case is when during an http request HttpServletRequest#logout is called.
Kind regards,
Arjan Tijms
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:54 PM, John Ament <john.ament(a)spartasystems.com>
wrote:
Hey guys
I raised a bug against the Weld guys, but think its worth an EG
discussion. When a Principal object is injected, the only type it has is
Principal. It does not retain the actual type used at runtime. This threw
me off on some Keycloak integration I'm working on (in $dayjob). So I was
wondering, is this expected from our POV or should it retain the types of
the actual runtime instance?
John
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