com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.soapbinding

Interface WebServiceAuthenticator

public interface WebServiceAuthenticator

This interface provides methods for authentication a web service.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	authenticate(Message message, Subject subject, Map state, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Authenticates a web service using its certificates.

Method Detail

authenticate

Object authenticate(Message message,
                    Subject subject,
                    Map state,
                    javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Authenticates a web service using its certificates.

Parameters:

message - a Message object that needs authentication.

request - the HttpServletRequest object that comes from the web service

Returns:

a token Object for the valid certificates after successful authentication or null if authentication fails.