Package com.sun.identity.wss.security.handler

Class DefaultAuthenticator

java.lang.Object

com.sun.identity.wss.security.handler.DefaultAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageAuthenticator

public class DefaultAuthenticator
extends Object
implements MessageAuthenticator

This class provides a default implementation for authenticating the webservices clients using various security mechanisms.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	WSS_CACHE_PLUGIN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DefaultAuthenticator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	authenticate(Subject subject, SecurityMechanism securityMechanism, SecurityToken securityToken, ProviderConfig config, Object secureMessage, boolean isLiberty)	Authenticates the web services client.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WSS_CACHE_PLUGIN

public static final String WSS_CACHE_PLUGIN

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DefaultAuthenticator

public DefaultAuthenticator()

Method Detail

authenticate

public Object authenticate(Subject subject,
                           SecurityMechanism securityMechanism,
                           SecurityToken securityToken,
                           ProviderConfig config,
                           Object secureMessage,
                           boolean isLiberty)
                    throws SecurityException

Authenticates the web services client.

Specified by:

authenticate in interface MessageAuthenticator

Parameters:

subject - the JAAS subject that may be used during authentication.

securityMechanism - the security mechanism that will be used to authenticate the web services client.

securityToken - the security token that is used.

config - the provider configuration.

secureMessage - the secure SOAPMessage. If the message security is provided by the WS-I profies, the secureMessage object is of type com.sun.identity.wss.security.handler.SecureSOAPMessage. If the message security is provided by the Liberty ID-WSF profiles, the secure message is of type com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.soapbinding.Message.

isLiberty - boolean variable to indicate that the message security is provided by the liberty security profiles.

Throws:

SecurityException - if there is a failure in authentication.