com.iplanet.services.cdc

Class CDCServlet

java.lang.Object

javax.servlet.GenericServlet

javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

com.iplanet.services.cdc.CDCServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public class CDCServlet
extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

The CDCServlet is the heart of the Cross Domain Single Signon mechanism of OpenAM.

The following is the algorithm used by the program.

1. If request does not contain SSO related cookie redirect request to the auth service
2. if request contains SSO related cookie
   • Retrieve the cookie related to SSO namely iPlanetDirectoryPro from request.
   • Create Liberty AuthnResponse with the SSO cookie as the Name Identifier.
   • Send the Response as Form POST to the original request requested using the goto parameter in the query string.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CDCServlet()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Handles the HTTP GET request.
void	doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Handles the HTTP POST request.
void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config) Initiates the servlet.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

destroy, getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, log, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CDCServlet

public CDCServlet()

Method Detail

init

public void init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)
          throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Initiates the servlet.

Specified by:

init in interface javax.servlet.Servlet

Overrides:

init in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

Parameters:

config - Servlet Configuration object that contains configutation information for this servlet.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if servlet failed to initialize.

doGet

public void doGet(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
           throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                  IOException

Handles the HTTP GET request.

Overrides:

doGet in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Parameters:

request - HTTP Servlet Request object that contains the request the client has made of the servlet.

response - an HTTP Servlet Response object that contains the response the servlet sends to the client.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if an input or output error is detected when the servlet handles the GET request

IOException - if the request for the GET could not be handled.

doPost

public void doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
            throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                   IOException

Handles the HTTP POST request.

Overrides:

doPost in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

Parameters:

request - HTTP Servlet Request object that contains the request the client has made of the servlet.

response - an HTTP Servlet Response object that contains the response the servlet sends to the client.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if an input or output error is detected when the servlet handles the GET request.

IOException - if the request for the GET could not be handled.