Security library for JEE: OAuth, CAS, SAML, OpenID Connect, LDAP, JWT...
The jee-pac4j
project is an easy and powerful security library for JEE web applications and web services which supports authentication and authorization, but also logout and advanced features like session fixation and CSRF protection.
It's based on the pac4j security engine. It's available under the Apache 2 license.
jee-pac4j | Module for JavaEE webapp | Module for JakartaEE webapp | JDK | pac4j | Usage of Lombok | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
version >= 8 | javaee-pac4j | jakartaee-pac4j | 17 | v6 | Yes | Production ready |
version >= 7 | javaee-pac4j | jakartaee-pac4j | 11 | v5 | No | Production ready |
version >= 6 | jee-pac4j | 11 | v5 | No | Production ready | |
version >= 5 | jee-pac4j | 8 | v4 | No | Production ready |
▸ OAuth - SAML - CAS - OpenID Connect - HTTP - Google App Engine - Kerberos - LDAP - SQL - JWT - MongoDB - CouchDB - IP address - REST API
▸ Roles - Anonymous / remember-me / (fully) authenticated - Profile type, attribute - CORS - CSRF - Security headers - IP address, HTTP method
A matcher defines whether the SecurityFilter
must be applied and can be used for additional web processing
The SecurityFilter
protects an url by checking that the user is authenticated and that the authorizations are valid, according to the clients and authorizers configuration. If the user is not authenticated, it performs authentication for direct clients or starts the login process for indirect clients
The CallbackFilter
finishes the login process for an indirect client
The LogoutFilter
logs out the user from the application and triggers the logout at the identity provider level
The JEEContext
and the ProfileManager
components can be injected
The FilterHelper
handles the filters and their related mappings.
Two demo webapps: jee-pac4j-demo (a simple JSP/servlets demo) and jee-pac4j-cdi-demo (a more advanced demo using JSF and CDI) are available for tests and implements many authentication mechanisms: Facebook, Twitter, form, basic auth, CAS, SAML, OpenID Connect, JWT...
The latest released version is the , available in the Maven central repository. The next version is under development.
See the release notes. Learn more by browsing the pac4j documentation and the jee-pac4j Javadoc.
See the migration guide as well.
You can use the mailing lists or the commercial support.