How to get redirected to a method at login/logout before target-url called in Spring Security?

Question

I am trying to record current time of Login (in a method or object) once the login is successful and assign LastLogin time to current login time at logout. I am using spring

Answer 1

You can map a default-target-url in your mapping like

<security:form-login login-page="/login"
    login-processing-url="/login_check"
    authentication-failure-url="/login?error=true"
    default-target-url = "/welcome"
    authentication-success-handler-ref="myAuthenticationSuccessHandler"/>

When the user is authenticated it is the time when user accessed your system. Make a update through DAO in the user table with current date and time. Simple process and you are done

Answer 2

Write your own AuthenticationSuccessHandler and LogoutSuccessHandler.

Example:

spring-security.xml :

<security:form-login login-page="/login"
    login-processing-url="/login_check"
    authentication-failure-url="/login?error=true"
    authentication-success-handler-ref="myAuthenticationSuccessHandler"
/>

<security:logout
    logout-url="/logout"
    success-handler-ref="myLogoutSuccessHandler"
/>

AuthenticationSuccessHandler

@Component
public class MyAuthenticationSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler {

    @Autowired
    private UserService userService;

    @Override
    public void onAuthenticationSuccess(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
        Authentication authentication) throws IOException, ServletException {

        // changeLastLoginTime(username)
        userService.changeLastLoginTime(authentication.getName());

        setDefaultTargetUrl("/home");
        super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
    }
}

LogoutSuccessHandler

@Component
public class MyLogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler {

    @Override
    public void onLogoutSuccess(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
            Authentication authentication) throws IOException, ServletException {

        if (authentication != null) {
            // do something 
        }

        setDefaultTargetUrl("/login");
        super.onLogoutSuccess(request, response, authentication);       
    }
}