org.apache.shiro.web.filter.mgt
Interface FilterChainResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

PathMatchingFilterChainResolver

public interface FilterChainResolver

A FilterChainResolver can resolve an appropriate FilterChain to execute during a ServletRequest. It allows resolution of arbitrary filter chains which can be executed for any given request or URI/URL.

This mechanism allows for a much more flexible FilterChain resolution than normal web.xml servlet filter definitions: it allows arbitrary filter chains to be defined per URL in a much more concise and easy to read manner, and even allows filter chains to be dynamically resolved or constructed at runtime if the underlying implementation supports it.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

javax.servlet.FilterChain

getChain(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request, javax.servlet.ServletResponse response, javax.servlet.FilterChain originalChain) Returns the filter chain that should be executed for the given request, or null if the original chain should be used.

Method Detail

getChain

javax.servlet.FilterChain getChain(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request,
                                   javax.servlet.ServletResponse response,
                                   javax.servlet.FilterChain originalChain)

Returns the filter chain that should be executed for the given request, or null if the original chain should be used.

This method allows a implementation to define arbitrary security Filter chains for any given request or URL pattern.

Parameters:

request - the incoming ServletRequest

response - the outgoing ServletResponse

originalChain - the original FilterChain intercepted by the ShiroFilter implementation.

Returns:

the filter chain that should be executed for the given request, or null if the original chain should be used.