Thx for the quick reply! This only works from the context of a user, not from the context of a realm right ?
Met Vriendelijke Groet / With Kind Regards Bart van Leeuwen twitter: @semanticfire tel. +31(0)6-53182997 Netage B.V. http://netage.nl Esdoornstraat 3 3461ER Linschoten The Netherlands From: Brian Demers <brian.dem...@gmail.com> To: user@shiro.apache.org Date: 31-05-2018 20:22 Subject: Re: Check for exsitence of roles Take a look at the 'has' methods: https://shiro.apache.org/authorization.html#programmatic-authorization Those will return boolean values, as opposed to the `check` methods which will throw an AuthorizationException On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Bart van Leeuwen < bart_van_leeu...@netage.nl> wrote: Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to check the realm for existence or roles. My use case is that I allow dynamic creating of UI elements which can be restricted to roles, however if a role does not exist the restriction should be flagged since it is not possible to satisfy it in the current realm. Met Vriendelijke Groet / With Kind Regards Bart van Leeuwen twitter: @semanticfire tel. +31(0)6-53182997 Netage B.V. http://netage.nl Esdoornstraat 3 3461ER Linschoten The Netherlands