protected void mergePrincipals()

in core/src/main/java/org/apache/shiro/mgt/DefaultSubjectDAO.java [180:227]
34 lines of code
11 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    protected void mergePrincipals(Subject subject) {
        //merge PrincipalCollection state:

        PrincipalCollection currentPrincipals = null;

        //SHIRO-380: added if/else block - need to retain original (source) principals
        //This technique (reflection) is only temporary - a proper long term solution needs to be found,
        //but this technique allowed an immediate fix that is API point-version forwards and backwards compatible
        //
        //A more comprehensive review / cleaning of runAs should be performed for Shiro 1.3 / 2.0 +
        if (subject.isRunAs() && subject instanceof DelegatingSubject) {
            try {
                Field field = DelegatingSubject.class.getDeclaredField("principals");
                field.setAccessible(true);
                currentPrincipals = (PrincipalCollection) field.get(subject);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to access DelegatingSubject principals property.", e);
            }
        }
        if (currentPrincipals == null || currentPrincipals.isEmpty()) {
            currentPrincipals = subject.getPrincipals();
        }

        Session session = subject.getSession(false);

        if (session == null) {
            if (!isEmpty(currentPrincipals)) {
                session = subject.getSession();
                session.setAttribute(DefaultSubjectContext.PRINCIPALS_SESSION_KEY, currentPrincipals);
            }
            // otherwise no session and no principals - nothing to save
        } else {
            PrincipalCollection existingPrincipals =
                    (PrincipalCollection) session.getAttribute(DefaultSubjectContext.PRINCIPALS_SESSION_KEY);

            if (isEmpty(currentPrincipals)) {
                if (!isEmpty(existingPrincipals)) {
                    session.removeAttribute(DefaultSubjectContext.PRINCIPALS_SESSION_KEY);
                }
                // otherwise both are null or empty - no need to update the session
            } else {
                if (!currentPrincipals.equals(existingPrincipals)) {
                    session.setAttribute(DefaultSubjectContext.PRINCIPALS_SESSION_KEY, currentPrincipals);
                }
                // otherwise they're the same - no need to update the session
            }
        }
    }