The question i'm about to ask is a bit tricky and I haven't found any answer yet. Maybe because i'm looking for the wrong thing. But i hope you will help me on this.
I used the following tutorial to implement a custom SecurityContext that uses tokens instead of basic user/password authentication.
Basically it initializes and injects a ResourceFilterFactory that will itself inject a ResourceFilter at every HTTP request sent to the application.
This ResourceFilter searches for the "Authentication" header in the request, take its content and then authenticates the user. If the user is authenticated it is injected into the request using a SecurityContext.
I transformed the code in order to make it work as an EJB.
Here's the code :
web.xml
<init-param>
<param-name>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ResourceFilters</param-name>
<param-value>com.myapp.rest.filter.ResourceFilterFactory</param-value>
</init-param>
ResourceFilterFactory.java // This class injects the EJB SecurityContextFilter
@Named
@Stateless
@LocalBean
public class ResourceFilterFactory extends RolesAllowedResourceFilterFactory{
@EJB(name="securityContextFilter")
private SecurityContextFilter securityContextFilter;
@PostConstruct
private void init(){
System.out.println("ResourceFilterFactory initialized");
}
@Override
public List<ResourceFilter> create(AbstractMethod am) {
//System.out.println("Creating resource filters list");
List<ResourceFilter> filters = super.create(am);
if (filters == null) {
filters = new ArrayList<ResourceFilter>();
}
List<ResourceFilter> securityFilters = new ArrayList<ResourceFilter>(filters);
securityFilters.clear();
securityFilters.add(0, securityContextFilter);
return securityFilters;
}
}
SecurityContextFilter.java // This EJB is called at every HTTP request the server receives. It checks for the "Authentication" header and gets the user associated with the token.
@Named("securityContextFilter")
@Stateless
@LocalBean
@Provider
public class SecurityContextFilter implements ResourceFilter, ContainerRequestFilter {
protected static final String HEADER_AUTHORIZATION = "Authorization";
@EJB
private AuthorizationService authorizationService;
@Override
public ContainerRequest filter(ContainerRequest req) {
System.out.println("Auth header: " + req.getHeaderValue(HEADER_AUTHORIZATION));
String sessionToken = req.getHeaderValue(HEADER_AUTHORIZATION);
UserEntity entity = null;
try {
//entity = authorizationService.getParaUsingSessionToken(sessionToken);
// removing the part that retrieves the user from the database
ExternalUser user = new ExternalUser();
user.setEmailAddress("lol@lol.lol");
user.setFirstName("lol");
user.setLastName("LOL");
user.setRole("arole");
req.setSecurityContext(new org.company.server.rest.filter.SecurityContextImpl(user));
} catch (AuthenticationException e) {
System.out.println("authentication exception");
ExternalUser user = new ExternalUser();
req.setSecurityContext(new org.company.server.rest.filter.SecurityContextImpl(user));
}
return req;
}
@Override
public ContainerRequestFilter getRequestFilter() {
return this;
}
@Override
public ContainerResponseFilter getResponseFilter() {
return null;
}
}
SecurityContextImpl.java // This class is injected into the request and has the isUserInRole() method that should be used by @RolesAllowed annotation
public class SecurityContextImpl implements SecurityContext {
private final ExternalUser user;
public SecurityContextImpl(ExternalUser user) {
//System.out.println("SecurityContext created : " + user.getFirstName());
this.user = user;
}
public Principal getUserPrincipal() {
return user;
}
public boolean isUserInRole(String role) {
System.out.println("Checking access rights : " + role + " / " + this.user.getRole());
return user.getRole().equalsIgnoreCase(role);
}
public boolean isSecure() {
return false;
}
public String getAuthenticationScheme() {
return SecurityContext.BASIC_AUTH;
}
}
ExternalUser.java // The entity created and populated with database user information.
@XmlRootElement
public class ExternalUser implements Principal {
private String id;
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private String emailAddress;
private boolean isVerified;
private String phoneNumber;
private String professionalId;
private String role;
public ExternalUser() {}
public ExternalUser(UserEntity user) {
this.setEmailAddress(user.getEmailAddress());
this.setFirstName(user.getFirstName());
this.setLastName(user.getLastName());
this.setRole(user.getRole().toString());
this.setPhoneNumber(user.getPhoneNumber());
this.setProfessionalId(user.getProfessionnalID());
}
// Getters and setters boilerplate code...
}
Finally the Jersey WebService :
@Path("/account")
@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
@Stateless
@LocalBean
public class UserRestService {
@Context
private SecurityContext security;
@GET
@Path("info")
@Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.TEXT_XML })
public Response getInfo() {
ExternalUser user = (ExternalUser)security.getUserPrincipal();
System.out.println("Email Address Of User : " + user.getEmailAddress());
if (!security.isUserInRole("arole")){
return Response.status(403).build();
}
return Response.ok(user).build();
}
}
The WebService works well, i get the ExternalUser instance using the injected SecurityContext. But if I use the @RolesAllowed({"arole"})
annotation, Glassfish gives me this error :
INFO: JACC Policy Provider:Failed Permission Check: context (" org.company.app.server/org_company_app_server_internal ") , permission (" ("javax.security.jacc.EJBMethodPermission" "UserRestService" "getInfo,Local,org.company.server.rest.models.authentication.RestSession") ")
WARNING: EJB5184:A system exception occurred during an invocation on EJB UserRestService, method: public javax.ws.rs.core.Response org.company.server.rest.services.UserRestService.getInfo()
WARNING: javax.ejb.AccessLocalException: Client not authorized for this invocation
at com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.preInvoke(BaseContainer.java:1888)
at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.java:212)
at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.java:88)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy140.getInfoPara(Unknown Source)
at org.company.server.rest.services.__EJB31_Generated__UserRestService__Intf____Bean__.getInfoPara(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:205)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1400)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1349)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1339)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:416)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:537)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.doFilter(ServletContainer.java:895)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.doFilter(ServletContainer.java:843)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.doFilter(ServletContainer.java:804)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:217)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:279)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:655)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:161)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:331)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$AdapterCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:317)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
WARNING: StandardWrapperValve[default]: PWC1406: Servlet.service() for servlet default threw exception
javax.ejb.AccessLocalException: Client not authorized for this invocation
at com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.preInvoke(BaseContainer.java:1888)
at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.java:212)
at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.java:88)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy140.getInfoPara(Unknown Source)
at org.company.server.rest.services.__EJB31_Generated__UserRestService__Intf____Bean__.getInfoPara(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
...
I think I need to configure Glassfish to make it use the SecurityContextImpl i created. I don't know why doesn't work as it is correctly injected and I can call its methods in my code.
I could just use the isUserInRole()
method manually but I would just avoid the problem instead of facing it.
I'm sorry for the long post, but now I think you have all the information needed to help me with this. Thank you in advance for your help.
Emeric