There was a related thread on Avalon dev a few weeks ago that may interest you:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg08037.html It also mentions this project on sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/aaa4avalon/ Although it's a phoenix block it may be interesting to look at. -- Unico > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yannick Menager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: donderdag 23 oktober 2003 12:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've been looking at the authentication block, in order to > integrate it with RoleFilterTransformer using a Filter to > support use of request.isUserInRole(). > > However after going through it over and over, my opinion is > that it is WAY too overcomplicated, and to add insult to > injury, doesn't even provide support for roles/groups :( > > *sigh* > > To be quite frank, IMO, the whole thing needs to be scraped > and rewritten ( preferably using the KISS principle ;) > > > >