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This means that it can work with any application that runs in a servlet container.
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It does not require that you use Spring in any other part of your application.
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// FIXME: This might be a primer to describe in summary some of the external items (servlet container, spring's ApplicationContext being initialized, etc)
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// FIXME: This might be a primer to describe in summary some of the external items (servlet container, Spring Frameworks's ApplicationContext being initialized, etc)
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== Understanding the Servlet Filter API
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Spring Security's servlet container support (whether you run in Tomcat or other Servlet container) is built on top of the `Filter` API.
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This is done because the `Filter` API is a standard that allows injecting logic into an application in any Servlet container.
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Spring Security's servlet container support (whether you run in Apache Tomcat or other servlet container) is built on top of the `Filter` API.
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This is done because the `Filter` API is a standard that allows injecting logic into an application in any servlet container.
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Since Spring Security is built on top of `Filter` objects, you should know how Servlet `Filter` objects work.
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Since Spring Security is built on top of `javax.servlet.Filter` objects.
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It will greatly benefit you if you understand the concept of interceptors and how `Filter` objects work.
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The following example shows a simple `Filter` implementation:
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IMPORTANT: If `chain.doFilter` is never invoked, neither is the rest of the application.
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A Servlet `Filter` lets us apply logic around the rest of the application.
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A servlet `Filter` lets us apply logic around the rest of the application.
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This means that we can perform logic before, conditionally invoke the rest of the application, and perform logic afterwards in any servlet container.
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== Registering a Servlet Filter
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In order for a servlet `Filter` to be invoked, it must be registered with the Servlet container.
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In order for a servlet `Filter` to be invoked, it must be registered with the servlet container.
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The following example shows how to do so in XML:
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