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SEC-2763: Make JdbcUserDetailsManager extensible

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Description

Mauro Molinari (Migrated from SEC-2763) said:

JdbcUserDetailsManager is not easily extensible:

  • query strings are private and there are no getter methods
  • insertUserAuthorities(UserDetails) and deleteUserAuthorities(String) are private
  • userCache is private and there is no getter method
  • other useful methods like validateUserDetails(UserDetails) and validateAuthorities(Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority>) are also private...

This is in contrast with JdbcDaoImpl whose design is much better from this point of view, except for org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.jdbc.JdbcDaoImpl.groupAuthoritiesByUsernameQuery which also misses a getter method.

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Research direction

Start by reading JdbcUserDetailsManager and comparing its listed private query strings, userCache, and authority/validation methods with JdbcDaoImpl. Define the extensibility surface requested in the issue and verify that existing JDBC user-management behavior remains intact; no test or file path is named.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
databases, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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