I am working on an authentication filter for my REST service.
Can some one please explain why this name binding not works.
When I make a post request, I can receive the String "Tokenized", but log does not print "Inside the filter".
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.FormParam;
import javax.ws.rs.NameBinding;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import javax.annotation.Priority;
import javax.ws.rs.NotAuthorizedException;
import javax.ws.rs.Priorities;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
import javax.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestFilter;
import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@Path("/authentication")
public class AuthenticationHandler {
final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AuthenticationHandler.class);
@NameBinding
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({TYPE, METHOD})
public @interface Secured {
}
@Secured
@Provider
@Priority(Priorities.AUTHENTICATION)
public class AuthenticationFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter {
@Override
public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException {
log.info("Inside the filter");
// Get the HTTP Authorization header from the request
String authorizationHeader
= requestContext.getHeaderString(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION);
// Check if the HTTP Authorization header is present and formatted correctly
if (authorizationHeader == null || !authorizationHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
throw new NotAuthorizedException("Authorization header must be provided");
}
// Extract the token from the HTTP Authorization header
String token = authorizationHeader.substring("Bearer".length()).trim();
try {
// Validate the token
validateToken(token);
} catch (Exception e) {
requestContext.abortWith(
Response.status(Response.Status.UNAUTHORIZED).build());
}
}
private void validateToken(String token) throws Exception {
// Check if it was issued by the server and if it's not expired
// Throw an Exception if the token is invalid
}
}
@POST
@Secured
@Path("/request_token")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED)
public Response authenticateUser(@FormParam("username") String username,
@FormParam("password") String password) {
try {
// Authenticate the user using the credentials provided
authenticate(username, password);
// Issue a token for the user
String token = issueToken(username);
// Return the token on the response
return Response.ok(token).build();
} catch (Exception e) {
return Response.status(Response.Status.UNAUTHORIZED).build();
}
}
private boolean authenticate(String username, String password) throws Exception {
return true;
}
private String issueToken(String username) {
return "Tokenized";
}
}
