weblogic.security.spi
Interface AuthenticationProvider

public interface AuthenticationProvider

extends SecurityProvider

The AuthenticationProvider interface exposes the services provided by an Authentication provider to the WebLogic Security Framework. This allows the Authentication provider to be manipulated (initialized, started, stopped, and so on).

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Method Summary

javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry	getAssertionModuleConfiguration() Gets the AppConfigurationEntry for the associated Identity Assertion provider's JAAS LoginModule.
IdentityAsserter	getIdentityAsserter() Gets this Authentication provider's associated Identity Assertion provider.
javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry	getLoginModuleConfiguration() Gets the AppConfigurationEntry for this Authentication provider's JAAS LoginModule.
PrincipalValidator	getPrincipalValidator() Gets this Authentication provider's associated Principal Validation provider.

Methods inherited from interface weblogic.security.spi.SecurityProvider

getDescription, initialize, shutdown

Method Detail

getLoginModuleConfiguration

public javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry getLoginModuleConfiguration()

Gets the AppConfigurationEntry for this Authentication provider's JAAS LoginModule.

Returns:

the JAAS configuration specific to this Authentication provider that is needed to properly execute login authentication in this security realm.

getAssertionModuleConfiguration

public javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry getAssertionModuleConfiguration()

Gets the AppConfigurationEntry for the associated Identity Assertion provider's JAAS LoginModule.

Returns:

the JAAS configuration specific to an Identity Assertion provider that is needed to properly execute identity assertion in this security realm.

getPrincipalValidator

public PrincipalValidator getPrincipalValidator()

Gets this Authentication provider's associated Principal Validation provider.

Returns:

a Principal Validation provider.

getIdentityAsserter

public IdentityAsserter getIdentityAsserter()

Gets this Authentication provider's associated Identity Assertion provider.

Returns:

an Identity Assertion provider.