Java EE Security API Moving Forward

Ivar GrimstadFebruary 18th, 2016Last Updated: February 18th, 2016

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The Java EE Security API (JSR 375) is moving forward, as summarised by Arjan Tijms here: http://arjan-tijms.omnifaces.org/p/whats-new-in-java-ee-security-api-10.html.

One thing to note is that we now have a name for the reference implementation, namely Soteria. The name originates from Greek Mythology where Soteria was the goddess of safety and salvation [Wikipedia]. Our Soteria can be found on GitHub (https://github.com/javaee-security-spec/soteria) and also has a Twitter handle. Follow @Soteria_RI.

The Soteria GitHub repo contains a couple of samples that demonstrates the features implemented so far. I have created a couple of additional examples where I combine Soteria with other Java EE technologies, such as MVC and JSF. These can be found in https://github.com/ivargrimstad/security-samples.

As the following code shows, it is fairly straightforward to define an embedded identity store for an MVC 1.0 application.

@EmbeddedIdentityStoreDefinition({
    @Credentials(callerName = "hem", password = "cheese", groups = {"foo"}),
    @Credentials(callerName = "haw", password = "cheeze", groups = {"foo", "bar"})}
)
@DeclareRoles({"foo", "bar"})
@ApplicationPath("ui")
public class ApplicationConfig extends Application {
  
    @Override
    public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
        Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<>();
        // add controllers
        return classes;
    }