com.sun.enterprise.connectors.authentication

Interface AuthenticationService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPasswordAuthenticationService

public interface AuthenticationService

Interface class consisting of methods for securityMap functionality. For a given principal/userGrooup, a mapping is done to a backendPrincipal which is actually used to authenticate/get connection to the backend.

Author:

Srikanth P

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Principal	mapPrincipal(Principal principal, Set principalSet) Maps the principal name to the backendPrincipal.

Method Detail

mapPrincipal

Principal mapPrincipal(Principal principal,
                       Set principalSet)

Maps the principal name to the backendPrincipal.

Parameters:

principal - Name of the principal

principalSet - principalSet

Returns:

mapped backendPrincipal.