Package org.springframework.security.test.context.support

Annotation Type WithMockUser

@Target({METHOD,TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Documented
@WithSecurityContext(factory=org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUserSecurityContextFactory.class)
public @interface WithMockUser

When used with WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener this annotation can be added to a test method to emulate running with a mocked user. In order to work with MockMvc The SecurityContext that is used will have the following properties:

• The SecurityContext created with be that of SecurityContextHolder.createEmptyContext()
• It will be populated with an UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken that uses the username of either value() or username(), GrantedAuthority that are specified by roles(), and a password specified by password().

Since:

4.0

Author:

Rob Winch

See Also:

WithUserDetails

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String[]	authorities	The authorities to use.
String	password	The password to be used.
String[]	roles	The roles to use.
String	username	The username to be used.
String	value	Convenience mechanism for specifying the username.

Element Detail

value

String value

Convenience mechanism for specifying the username. The default is "user". If username() is specified it will be used instead of value()

Returns:

Default:

"user"

username

String username

The username to be used. Note that value() is a synonym for username(), but if username() is specified it will take precedence.

Returns:

Default:

""

roles

String[] roles

The roles to use. The default is "USER". A GrantedAuthority will be created for each value within roles. Each value in roles will automatically be prefixed with "ROLE_". For example, the default will result in "ROLE_USER" being used.

If authorities() is specified this property cannot be changed from the default.

Returns:

Default:

{"USER"}

authorities

String[] authorities

The authorities to use. A GrantedAuthority will be created for each value.

If this property is specified then roles() is not used. This differs from roles() in that it does not prefix the values passed in automatically.

Returns:

Default:

{}

password

String password

The password to be used. The default is "password".

Returns:

Default:

"password"