Package org.springframework.security.context

Provides a "request context".

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
SecurityContext	Interface defining the minimum security information associated with the current thread of execution.
SecurityContextHolderStrategy	A strategy for storing security context information against a thread.

Class Summary

Class	Description
GlobalSecurityContextHolderStrategy	A static field-based implementation of SecurityContextHolderStrategy.
HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter	Populates the SecurityContextHolder with information obtained from the HttpSession.
InheritableThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy	An InheritableThreadLocal-based implementation of SecurityContextHolderStrategy.
PortletSessionContextIntegrationInterceptor	This interceptor populates the SecurityContextHolder with information obtained from the PortletSession.
SecurityContextHolder	Associates a given SecurityContext with the current execution thread.
SecurityContextImpl	Base implementation of SecurityContext.
ThreadLocalSecurityContextHolderStrategy	A ThreadLocal-based implementation of SecurityContextHolderStrategy.

Package org.springframework.security.context Description

Provides a "request context".

A request context is associated with the current execution thread. It holds objects that would otherwise need to be included in many method signatures, such as for authentication.