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| author | Michael Merickel <michael@merickel.org> | 2020-11-01 18:15:49 -0600 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-11-01 18:15:49 -0600 |
| commit | 68a6cb1dba7944f1e214ca62ce700e3f7ddf618d (patch) | |
| tree | a1d646c7feefb9a28347b9826829d4ad59730c46 /docs/whatsnew-2.0.rst | |
| parent | c6772eadc18056b5eed90f6a694e53579ba403a4 (diff) | |
| parent | 139462d451a1c35679b464690953333dd95389a1 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #3620 from luhn/identity-rename
Rename `ISecurityPolicy.authenticated_identity` to `identity`
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diff --git a/docs/whatsnew-2.0.rst b/docs/whatsnew-2.0.rst index a58f317d7..906529d6b 100644 --- a/docs/whatsnew-2.0.rst +++ b/docs/whatsnew-2.0.rst @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ signature. The new security policy adds the concept of an :term:`identity`, which is an object representing the user associated with the current request. The identity -can be accessed via :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_identity`. +can be accessed via :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.identity`. The object can be of any shape, such as a simple ID string or an ORM object. The concept of :term:`principals <principal>` has been removed; the @@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ For further documentation on implementing security policies, see Behavior of the Legacy System ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Legacy authentication and authorization policies will continue to function as -normal, as well as all related :class:`pyramid.request.Request` properties. -The new :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_identity` property will -output the same result as :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid`. +Legacy authentication and authorization policies will continue to function as normal, as well as all related :class:`pyramid.request.Request` properties. +The new :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.identity` property will output the same result as :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid`. If using a security policy, :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.unauthenticated_userid` will return the same value as :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid`. :attr:`pyramid.request.Request.effective_principals` will always return a one-element list containing the :data:`pyramid.authorization.Everyone` principal, as there is no equivalent in the new security policy. |