Java authorization library like "CanCan" for Ruby on Rails

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Everyone I was wondering if anyone knows of any Java libraries that are similar to or offer the same functionality as CanCan (Ruby on Rails). Would love to know your experiences with them if any.

CanCan is an authorization library for Ruby on Rails which restricts what resources a given user is allowed to access. All permissions are defined in a single location (the Ability class) and not duplicated across controllers, views, and database queries.

Bonus points if it works on the play framework (http://playframework.org)

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 09:34

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Here is one Example https://github.com/eltados/canny of something very similar? Has anyone got any experience using this?

answered Jun 13 '11 at 09:34

Mark Ellul

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '20 at 07:57

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Checkout this lib:

https://casbin.org/

https://github.com/casbin/jcasbin

You can use a library in your application. Also, you can deploy it as a service and integrate your application to it.

answered Oct 12 '20 at 07:57

Abdulrazak Alkl

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Thanks for your answer, I asked this question 9 years ago, but its good to see options to help anyone else who has the same query, Thanks again. – Mark Ellul Oct 13 '20 at 08:01
Casbin is an interesting solution. – hsluoyz Nov 03 '20 at 13:07

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 10:40

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Does Spring Security not provide similar functionality? See http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.0.x/reference/el-access.html#el-pre-post-annotations for examples of annotation-based authorization specifications...

answered Jun 13 '11 at 10:40

Joseph Ottinger

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Thanks Joseph, I will look into this as an option – Mark Ellul Jun 15 '11 at 10:58

Java authorization library like "CanCan" for Ruby on Rails

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