VRaptor-Authentication

It's a simple way to add an authentication method for VRaptor projects.

Requirements

VRaptor 3.x

Install

To use VRaptor-Authentication in your vraptor project, you don't need to define anything.

You only need to add the jar to your project. :)

How it works

The VRaptor-Authentication will be find in all classes with the @Resource annotation a method annotated with the @Login annotation.

After that, for every request, it will check if there is a session created.

If the session wasn't created, the request will be redirected to the method with the @Login annotation or the request will be return a 401 (unauthorized) http status.

The VRaptor-Authentication won't check the request to methods that have the @Public annotation.

Usage

Controller

You should annotate only one method with the @Login annotation.

If the Vraptor-Authentication locate more than one method with @Login annotation, a VRaptorAuthenticationException will be thrown.

@Resource
public class WelcomeController {
  
    @Login
    @Get("/login")
    public void login() {
    }
    
}

You can define methods that have public access with the @Public annotation.

In other words, a method with @Public annotation is accessible without the need for a session.

@Resource
public class WelcomeController {
  
    @Login
    @Get("/login")
    public void login() {
    }

    @Public
    @Get("/index")
    public void index() {
    }
    
}

You can define two ways to treat an unauthorized request.

The first possibility (Default) is redirect the request to the @public method, and if you want this behavior you can add the value REDIRECT_TO_LOGIN to the attribute unauthorizedAction in the @Login annotation.

Remember that's the default behavior, so, if you don't add the unauthorizedAction attribute in the @Login annotation, it'll be automatic defined to REDIRECT_TO_LOGIN.

@Resource
public class WelcomeController {
  
    @Login(unauthorizedAction = UnauthorizedAction.REDIRECT_TO_LOGIN)
    @Get("/login")
    public void login() {
    }

}

And the second possibility is return a 401 (unauthorized) status. To do it, you just need to add the value RETURN_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS to the attribute unauthorizedAction in the @Login annotation.

@Resource
public class WelcomeController {
  
    @Login(unauthorizedAction = UnauthorizedAction.RETURN_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS)
    @Get("/login")
    public void login() {
    }

}

Logic

To add an user to a sesssion, you just need to add the user's instance or someone else to a new session like that:

@Resource
public class AuthenticationController {

    @Post("/login")
    public void login(final User user) {
      //validate the user information
      authenticationControl.createSession(user);
    }

}

And to close the session.

@Resource
public class AuthenticationController {

    @Post("/login")
    public void login(final User user) {
      //validate the user information
      authenticationControl.createSession(user);
    }

    @Get("/logout")
    public void logout() {
      authenticationControl.destroySession();
    }

}

Author

Rodrigo Lazoti - rodrigolazoti@gmail.com