Extending SubjectContext

[Bubba]

I would like to extend WebSubjectContext in order to inject my own application specific information into the subject. However, I don't see a trivial way to do this. It appears that I would need to extend WebSubjectContext, then extend WebSubject, and WebSecurityManager (perhaps others) in order to make them all aware of the new SubjectContext. I'm hopeful that I'm missing something simple in the configuration that would allow me to simply extend the SubjectContext and make the rest of Shiro aware of the modification. I believe it's possible to affect the same sort of thing by sticking this information in a session for the subject and then getting it from there as needed. But then what would be the point of having a SubjectContext? Thanks in advance!

[jleleu]

Hi Bubba,

If you want to create a Subject with your own specific application information, I would recommend to create your own Subject implementation and a specific SubjectFactory to create this kind of subject, as you can easily set this SubjectFactory to the security manager using the setSubjectFactory setter.

Best regards,

Jérôme

2012/4/3 Bubba [via Shiro Developer] <[hidden email]>

I would like to extend WebSubjectContext in order to inject my own application specific information into the subject. However, I don't see a trivial way to do this. It appears that I would need to extend WebSubjectContext, then extend WebSubject, and WebSecurityManager (perhaps others) in order to make them all aware of the new SubjectContext. I'm hopeful that I'm missing something simple in the configuration that would allow me to simply extend the SubjectContext and make the rest of Shiro aware of the modification. I believe it's possible to affect the same sort of thing by sticking this information in a session for the subject and then getting it from there as needed. But then what would be the point of having a SubjectContext? Thanks in advance!

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