Package org.springframework.security.adapters

Allows external containers to obtain authentication information from the system.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
AuthByAdapter	Indicates a specialized, immutable, server-side only Authentication class.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractAdapterAuthenticationToken	Convenience superclass for AuthByAdapter implementations.
AuthByAdapterProvider	An AuthenticationProvider implementation that can authenticate an AuthByAdapter.
HttpRequestIntegrationFilter	Populates SecurityContext with the Authentication obtained from the container's HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal().
PrincipalSpringSecurityUserToken	A Principal compatible Authentication object.

Package org.springframework.security.adapters Description

Allows external containers to obtain authentication information from the system.

It is recommended to use the org.springframework.security.ui.webapp package for standard web applications, as it has much lower configuration complexity.