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package org.springframework.security.extensions.portlet;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import javax.portlet.ActionRequest;
import javax.portlet.ActionResponse;
import javax.portlet.EventRequest;
import javax.portlet.EventResponse;
import javax.portlet.PortletException;
import javax.portlet.PortletRequest;
import javax.portlet.PortletResponse;
import javax.portlet.PortletSession;
import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
import javax.portlet.ResourceRequest;
import javax.portlet.ResourceResponse;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext;
import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
import org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository;
import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
import org.springframework.web.portlet.HandlerInterceptor;
import org.springframework.web.portlet.ModelAndView;

/**
 * <p>This interceptor populates the {@link SecurityContextHolder} with information obtained from the
 * <code>PortletSession</code>.  It is applied to both <code>ActionRequest</code>s and
 * <code>RenderRequest</code>s</p>
 *
 * <p>The <code>PortletSession</code> will be queried to retrieve the <code>SecurityContext</code> that should
 * be stored against the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> for the duration of the portlet request. At the
 * end of the request, any updates made to the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> will be persisted back to the
 * <code>PortletSession</code> by this interceptor.</p>
 *
 * <p> If a valid <code>SecurityContext</code> cannot be obtained from the <code>PortletSession</code> for
 * whatever reason, a fresh <code>SecurityContext</code> will be created and used instead. The created object
 * will be of the instance defined by the {@link #setContext(Class)} method. If this hasn't been set, a call to
 * {@link SecurityContextHolder#createEmptyContext()} will be used to create the instance.
 *
 * <p>A <code>PortletSession</code> may be created by this interceptor if one does not already exist.  If at the
 * end of the portlet request the <code>PortletSession</code> does not exist, one will <b>only</b> be created if
 * the current contents of the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> are not the {@link java.lang.Object#equals}
 * to a <code>new</code> instance of {@link #contextClass}.  This avoids needless <code>PortletSession</code> creation,
 * and automates the storage of changes made to the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code>. There is one exception to
 * this rule, that is if the {@link #forceEagerSessionCreation} property is <code>true</code>, in which case
 * sessions will always be created irrespective of normal session-minimization logic (the default is
 * <code>false</code>, as this is resource intensive and not recommended).</p>
 *
 * <p>If for whatever reason no <code>PortletSession</code> should <b>ever</b> be created, the
 * {@link #allowSessionCreation} property should be set to <code>false</code>. Only do this if you really need
 * to conserve server memory and ensure all classes using the <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> are designed to
 * have no persistence of the <code>SecurityContext</code> between web requests. Please note that if
 * {@link #forceEagerSessionCreation} is <code>true</code>, the <code>allowSessionCreation</code> must also be
 * <code>true</code> (setting it to <code>false</code> will cause a startup-time error).</p>
    
 * <p>This interceptor <b>must</b> be executed <b>before</p> any authentication processing mechanisms. These
 * mechanisms (specifically {@link org.springframework.security.portlet.PortletProcessingInterceptor}) expect the
 * <code>SecurityContextHolder</code> to contain a valid <code>SecurityContext</code> by the time they execute.</p>
 *
 * <p>An important nuance to this interceptor is that (by default) the <code>SecurityContext</code> is stored
 * into the <code>APPLICATION_SCOPE</code> of the <code>PortletSession</code>.  This doesn't just mean you will be
 * sharing it with all the other portlets in your webapp (which is generally a good idea).  It also means that (if
 * you have done all the other appropriate magic), you will share this <code>SecurityContext</code> with servlets in
 * your webapp.  This is very useful if you have servlets serving images or processing AJAX calls from your portlets
 * since they can now use the {@link SecurityContextPersistenceFilter} to access the same <code>SecurityContext<code>
 * object from the session.  This allows these calls to be secured as well as the portlet calls.</p>
 *
 * Much of the logic of this interceptor comes from the {@link SecurityContextPersistenceFilter} class which
 * fills the same purpose on the servlet side.  Ben Alex and Patrick Burlson are listed as authors here because they
 * are the authors of that class and there are blocks of code that essentially identical between the two. (Making this
 * a good candidate for refactoring someday.)
 *
 * <p>Unlike <code>HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter</code>, this interceptor does not check to see if it is
 * getting applied multiple times.  This shouldn't be a problem since the application of interceptors is under the
 * control of the Spring Portlet MVC framework and tends to be more explicit and more predictable than the application
 * of filters.  However, you should still be careful to only apply this inteceptor to your request once.</p>
 *
 * @author John A. Lewis
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @author Patrick Burleson
 * @since 2.0
 * @version $Id: PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor.java 3615 2009-04-27 06:06:42Z ltaylor $
 */
public class PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor implements InitializingBean, HandlerInterceptor {

    //~ Static fields/initializers =====================================================================================

    protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor.class);

    public static final String SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY = HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository.SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY;

    private static final String SESSION_EXISTED = PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor.class.getName()
            + ".SESSION_EXISTED";
    private static final String CONTEXT_HASHCODE = PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor.class.getName()
            + ".CONTEXT_HASHCODE";

    //~ Instance fields ================================================================================================

    private Class<? extends SecurityContext> contextClass;

    private Object contextObject;

    /**
     * Indicates if this interceptor can create a <code>PortletSession</code> if
     * needed (sessions are always created sparingly, but setting this value to
     * <code>false</code> will prohibit sessions from ever being created).
     * Defaults to <code>true</code>. Do not set to <code>false</code> if
     * you are have set {@link #forceEagerSessionCreation} to <code>true</code>,
     * as the properties would be in conflict.
     */
    private boolean allowSessionCreation = true;

    /**
     * Indicates if this interceptor is required to create a <code>PortletSession</code>
     * for every request before proceeding through the request process, even if the
     * <code>PortletSession</code> would not ordinarily have been created. By
     * default this is <code>false</code>, which is entirely appropriate for
     * most circumstances as you do not want a <code>PortletSession</code>
     * created unless the interceptor actually needs one. It is envisaged the main
     * situation in which this property would be set to <code>true</code> is
     * if using other interceptors that depend on a <code>PortletSession</code>
     * already existing. This is only required in specialized cases, so leave it set to
     * <code>false</code> unless you have an actual requirement and aware of the
     * session creation overhead.
     */
    private boolean forceEagerSessionCreation = false;

    /**
     * Indicates whether the <code>SecurityContext</code> will be cloned from
     * the <code>PortletSession</code>. The default is to simply reference
     * (the default is <code>false</code>). The default may cause issues if
     * concurrent threads need to have a different security identity from other
     * threads being concurrently processed that share the same
     * <code>PortletSession</code>. In most normal environments this does not
     * represent an issue, as changes to the security identity in one thread is
     * allowed to affect the security identity in other threads associated with
     * the same <code>PortletSession</code>. For unusual cases where this is not
     * permitted, change this value to <code>true</code> and ensure the
     * {@link #contextClass} is set to a <code>SecurityContext</code> that
     * implements {@link Cloneable} and overrides the <code>clone()</code>
     * method.
     */
    private boolean cloneFromPortletSession = false;

    /**
     * Indicates wether the <code>APPLICATION_SCOPE</code> mode of the
     * <code>PortletSession</code> should be used for storing the
     * <code>SecurityContext</code>.  The default is </code>true</code>.
     * This allows it to be shared between the portlets in the webapp and
     * potentially with servlets in the webapp as well. If this is set to
     * <code>false</code>, then the <code>PORTLET_SCOPE</code> will be used
     * instead.
     */
    private boolean useApplicationScopePortletSession = true;

    //~ Constructors ===================================================================================================

    public PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor() throws PortletException {
        this.contextObject = generateNewContext();
    }

    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
        // check that session creation options make sense
        if ((forceEagerSessionCreation == true) && (allowSessionCreation == false)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "If using forceEagerSessionCreation, you must set allowSessionCreation to also be true");
        }
    }

    public boolean preHandleAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response, Object handler)
            throws Exception {
        // call to common preHandle method
        return preHandle(request, response, handler);
    }

    public boolean preHandleRender(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler)
            throws Exception {
        // call to common preHandle method
        return preHandle(request, response, handler);
    }

    public void postHandleRender(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler,
            ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception {
        // no-op
    }

    public void afterActionCompletion(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex)
            throws Exception {
        // call to common afterCompletion method
        afterCompletion(request, response, handler, ex);
    }

    public void afterRenderCompletion(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex)
            throws Exception {
        // call to common afterCompletion method
        afterCompletion(request, response, handler, ex);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public boolean preHandleResource(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response, Object handler)
            throws Exception {
        return preHandle(request, response, handler);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void postHandleResource(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response, Object handler,
            ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception {
        // no-op
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void afterResourceCompletion(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response, Object handler,
            Exception ex) throws Exception {
        // call to common afterCompletion method
        afterCompletion(request, response, handler, ex);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public boolean preHandleEvent(EventRequest request, EventResponse response, Object handler) throws Exception {
        return preHandle(request, response, handler);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void afterEventCompletion(EventRequest request, EventResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex)
            throws Exception {
        // call to common afterCompletion method
        afterCompletion(request, response, handler, ex);
    }

    private boolean preHandle(PortletRequest request, PortletResponse response, Object handler) throws Exception {

        PortletSession portletSession = null;
        boolean portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest = false;

        // see if the portlet session already exists (or should be eagerly created)
        try {
            portletSession = request.getPortletSession(forceEagerSessionCreation);
        } catch (IllegalStateException ignored) {
        }

        // if there is a session, then see if there is a contextClass to bring in
        if (portletSession != null) {

            // remember that the session already existed
            portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest = true;

            // attempt to retrieve the contextClass from the session
            Object contextFromSessionObject = portletSession.getAttribute(SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY,
                    portletSessionScope());

            // if we got a contextClass then place it into the holder
            if (contextFromSessionObject != null) {

                // if we are supposed to clone it, then do so
                if (cloneFromPortletSession) {
                    Assert.isInstanceOf(Cloneable.class, contextFromSessionObject,
                            "Context must implement Clonable and provide a Object.clone() method");
                    try {
                        Method m = contextFromSessionObject.getClass().getMethod("clone", new Class[] {});
                        if (!m.isAccessible()) {
                            m.setAccessible(true);
                        }
                        contextFromSessionObject = m.invoke(contextFromSessionObject, new Object[] {});
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        ReflectionUtils.handleReflectionException(ex);
                    }
                }

                // if what we got is a valid contextClass then place it into the holder, otherwise create a new one
                if (contextFromSessionObject instanceof SecurityContext) {
                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                        logger.debug("Obtained from SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT a valid SecurityContext and "
                                + "set to SecurityContextHolder: '" + contextFromSessionObject + "'");
                    SecurityContextHolder.setContext((SecurityContext) contextFromSessionObject);
                } else {
                    if (logger.isWarnEnabled())
                        logger.warn("SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT did not contain a SecurityContext but contained: '"
                                + contextFromSessionObject
                                + "'; are you improperly modifying the PortletSession directly "
                                + "(you should always use SecurityContextHolder) or using the PortletSession attribute "
                                + "reserved for this class? - new SecurityContext instance associated with "
                                + "SecurityContextHolder");
                    SecurityContextHolder.setContext(generateNewContext());
                }

            } else {

                // there was no contextClass in the session, so create a new contextClass and put it in the holder
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                    logger.debug("PortletSession returned null object for SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT - new "
                            + "SecurityContext instance associated with SecurityContextHolder");
                SecurityContextHolder.setContext(generateNewContext());
            }

        } else {

            // there was no session, so create a new contextClass and place it in the holder
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                logger.debug("No PortletSession currently exists - new SecurityContext instance "
                        + "associated with SecurityContextHolder");
            SecurityContextHolder.setContext(generateNewContext());

        }

        // place attributes onto the request to remember if the session existed and the hashcode of the contextClass
        request.setAttribute(SESSION_EXISTED, new Boolean(portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest));
        request.setAttribute(CONTEXT_HASHCODE, new Integer(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().hashCode()));

        return true;
    }

    private void afterCompletion(PortletRequest request, PortletResponse response, Object handler, Exception ex)
            throws Exception {

        PortletSession portletSession = null;

        // retrieve the attributes that remember if the session existed and the hashcode of the contextClass
        boolean portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest = ((Boolean) request.getAttribute(SESSION_EXISTED))
                .booleanValue();
        int oldContextHashCode = ((Integer) request.getAttribute(CONTEXT_HASHCODE)).intValue();

        // try to retrieve an existing portlet session
        try {
            portletSession = request.getPortletSession(false);
        } catch (IllegalStateException ignored) {
        }

        // if there is now no session but there was one at the beginning then it must have been invalidated
        if ((portletSession == null) && portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                logger.debug("PortletSession is now null, but was not null at start of request; "
                        + "session was invalidated, so do not create a new session");
        }

        // create a new portlet session if we need to
        if ((portletSession == null) && !portletSessionExistedAtStartOfRequest) {

            // if we're not allowed to create a new session, then report that
            if (!allowSessionCreation) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                    logger.debug("The PortletSession is currently null, and the "
                            + "PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor is prohibited from creating a PortletSession "
                            + "(because the allowSessionCreation property is false) - SecurityContext thus not "
                            + "stored for next request");
            }
            // if the contextClass was changed during the request, then go ahead and create a session
            else if (!contextObject.equals(SecurityContextHolder.getContext())) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                    logger.debug("PortletSession being created as SecurityContextHolder contents are non-default");
                try {
                    portletSession = request.getPortletSession(true);
                } catch (IllegalStateException ignored) {
                }
            }
            // if nothing in the contextClass changed, then don't bother to create a session
            else {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                    logger.debug(
                            "PortletSession is null, but SecurityContextHolder has not changed from default: ' "
                                    + SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
                                    + "'; not creating PortletSession or storing SecurityContextHolder contents");
            }
        }

        // if the session exists and the contextClass has changes, then store the contextClass back into the session
        if ((portletSession != null) && (SecurityContextHolder.getContext().hashCode() != oldContextHashCode)) {
            portletSession.setAttribute(SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT_KEY, SecurityContextHolder.getContext(),
                    portletSessionScope());
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
                logger.debug(
                        "SecurityContext stored to PortletSession: '" + SecurityContextHolder.getContext() + "'");
        }

        // remove the contents of the holder
        SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
            logger.debug("SecurityContextHolder set to new contextClass, as request processing completed");

    }

    /**
     * Creates a new <code>SecurityContext</code> object.  The specific class is
     * determined by the setting of the {@link #contextClass} property.
     * @return the new <code>SecurityContext</code>
     * @throws PortletException if the creation throws an <code>InstantiationException</code> or
     *     an <code>IllegalAccessException</code>, then this method will wrap them in a
     *     <code>PortletException</code>
     */
    SecurityContext generateNewContext() throws PortletException {
        if (contextClass == null) {
            return SecurityContextHolder.createEmptyContext();
        }

        try {
            return this.contextClass.newInstance();
        } catch (InstantiationException ie) {
            throw new PortletException(ie);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
            throw new PortletException(iae);
        }
    }

    private int portletSessionScope() {
        // return the appropriate scope setting based on our property value
        return (this.useApplicationScopePortletSession ? PortletSession.APPLICATION_SCOPE
                : PortletSession.PORTLET_SCOPE);
    }

    public Class<? extends SecurityContext> getContext() {
        return contextClass;
    }

    public void setContext(Class<? extends SecurityContext> secureContext) {
        this.contextClass = secureContext;
    }

    public boolean isAllowSessionCreation() {
        return allowSessionCreation;
    }

    public void setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation) {
        this.allowSessionCreation = allowSessionCreation;
    }

    public boolean isForceEagerSessionCreation() {
        return forceEagerSessionCreation;
    }

    public void setForceEagerSessionCreation(boolean forceEagerSessionCreation) {
        this.forceEagerSessionCreation = forceEagerSessionCreation;
    }

    public boolean isCloneFromPortletSession() {
        return cloneFromPortletSession;
    }

    public void setCloneFromPortletSession(boolean cloneFromPortletSession) {
        this.cloneFromPortletSession = cloneFromPortletSession;
    }

    public boolean isUseApplicationScopePortletSession() {
        return useApplicationScopePortletSession;
    }

    public void setUseApplicationScopePortletSession(boolean useApplicationScopePortletSession) {
        this.useApplicationScopePortletSession = useApplicationScopePortletSession;
    }

}