/*
 *  eXist Open Source Native XML Database
 *  Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The eXist Project
 *  http://exist-db.org
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 *
 *  $Id$
 */
package org.exist.security.internal.web;

import org.exist.security.Subject;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.Principal;

public class HttpAccount {

    public static Subject getUserFromServletRequest(final HttpServletRequest request) {
        final Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();
        if(principal instanceof Subject) {
            return (Subject) principal;

            //workaroud strange jetty authentication method, why encapsulate user object??? -shabanovd
        } else if(principal != null && "org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jaas.JAASUserPrincipal".equals(principal.getClass().getName())) {
            try {
                final Method method = principal.getClass().getMethod("getCurrentSubject");
                final Object obj = method.invoke(principal);
                if(obj instanceof javax.security.auth.Subject) {
                    final javax.security.auth.Subject subject = (javax.security.auth.Subject) obj;
                    for(final Principal _principal_ : subject.getPrincipals()) {
                        if(_principal_ instanceof Subject) {
                            return (Subject) _principal_;
                        }
                    }
                }
            } catch(final SecurityException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

/*
 *  eXist Open Source Native XML Database
 *  Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The eXist Project
 *  http://exist-db.org
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 *
 *  $Id$
 */
package org.exist.security.internal.web;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.exist.security.Subject;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.Principal;

public class HttpAccount {

    private final static Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(HttpAccount.class);

    public static Subject getUserFromServletRequest(final HttpServletRequest request) {
        final Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();
        if(principal instanceof Subject) {
            return (Subject) principal;

            //workaroud strange jetty authentication method, why encapsulate user object??? -shabanovd
        } else if(principal != null && "org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jaas.JAASUserPrincipal".equals(principal.getClass().getName())) {
            try {
                final Method method = principal.getClass().getMethod("getCurrentSubject");
                final Object obj = method.invoke(principal);
                if(obj instanceof javax.security.auth.Subject) {
                    final javax.security.auth.Subject subject = (javax.security.auth.Subject) obj;
                    for(final Principal _principal_ : subject.getPrincipals()) {
                        if(_principal_ instanceof Subject) {
                            return (Subject) _principal_;
                        }
                    }
                }
            } catch(final SecurityException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.error(e);
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Make sure to log the error