[SLING-1640] Add ResourceResolver.clone(Map) method

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: JCR Resource 2.0.8, API 2.1.0
• Component/s: API, JCR
• Assignee: Felix Meschberger
• Reporter: Felix Meschberger
• Created: 11/Aug/10 13:25
• Updated: 28/Jan/11 09:05
• Resolved: 13/Aug/10 07:00

Description

As discussed on the list the ResourceResolver interface should be extended with a new method:

ResourceResolver clone(Map credentials);

This method creates a new ResourceResolver as follows:

// start with original credentials
Map newCredentials = new HashMap(current resolver credentials);

// overlay with provided credentials
newCredentials.addAll(credentials);

// return a new ResourceResolver
return resourceResolverFactory.login(newCredentials);

This new method allows for the removal of the AuthenticationInfo object from the request attributes (as discussed in SLING-1445) and allows for a better implementation of the background servlet execution.

Issue Links

• relates to: SLING-1445 store the AuthenticationInfo object in a request attribute