Bit #12 - Accessing the authenticated user's security roles from a backing bean

To access the authenticated user's security roles from a backing bean, first retrieve the SecurityContext from the current ADFContext instance and then call its getUserRoles() method. getUserRoles() returns a String array of all the roles defined for the user. To determine whether a specific role is assigned to the user, call the  SecurityContext  isUserInRole() method specifying the role as an argument. This method will return a boolean indicator of whether the role is assigned to the user or not.


Example:

    // in the context of a backing bean

    public String[] getUserRoles(){
        return ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext().getUserRoles();
    }

    public boolean isUserInRole(){
        return ADFContext.getCurrent().getSecurityContext().isUserInRole("RoleName");
    }


Context:

Backing Bean


Reference:

Oracle Fusion Middleware Java API Reference for Oracle ADF Share, getUserRoles