redirecting to different pages based on User Role - struts2

[sumitjain303]

I am able to authenticate the user from the database but there are different users in my app so I want to redirect them to their different homepages based on their Role.

The best way I guess would be by checking the user role in a struts action and then redirecting to appropriate page. But how do I do that. Does spring security set session variables storing authentication information.

If yes, then how do I access them in a struts action. Also how do I access the username and password after login

[Rob Winch]

You have a few options. SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getAuthorities() . Spring integrates with J2EE so you can also use Struts2's PrincipalAware or HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole(String).

PS: Ensure that your springSecurityFilterChain is the first filter-mapping in your web.xml.

[sumitjain303]

Thank you for your help, now I am able to get authentication info.