Java Play! 2 - User management with cookies

Question

I am trying to manage my user via cookie. It\'s not that easy because there is absolutely no documentation about this topic.

With the help of the sample \"zentask\"

Answer 1

As shown in the Zentask sample, your Secured class should extend Security.Authenticator.

With this, it will allow to put a @Security.Authenticated annotation either on a Controller, or on an Action. This annotation allows to redirect the client to another page if the user is not properly authorized (by overriding the Security.Authenticator.onUnauthorized() method).

The workflow is the following:

1. Check authorization:
2. Add an unique identifier in the client cookies
3. Check if authenticated
4. Secure a controller or an action
5. If not authorized, redirect the client to another page