jrun.security
Interface SecurityContext

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

JRunSecurityContext

public interface SecurityContext

extends java.io.Serializable

SecurityContext Interface provides functionality for maintaining authenticated security information and access to security principals and credentials associated with a security context.

Author:

Ramesh Natarajan

See Also:

Method Summary

void	addRunAs(java.lang.String runAsIdentity, SimplePrincipal callingPrincipal) Make this principal the RunAs principal
java.lang.Object	getCallerCredential()
SimplePrincipal	getCallerPrincipal() Returns the Caller Principal.
SimplePrincipal	getRunAsPrincipal() If the current component has run as identity specified in its metadata, this returns the principal associated with that run as identity, else returns null
javax.security.auth.Subject	getSubject()
boolean	isRunAs() Does the Invocation have a RunAs Identity ?
void	removeRunAs() Remove the current RunAs principal and make the previous one, the active principal

Method Detail

getCallerPrincipal

public SimplePrincipal getCallerPrincipal()

Returns the Caller Principal. This could be a role or a User principal depending on whether the previous invocation in this call chain had a run as identity or caller identity

getRunAsPrincipal

public SimplePrincipal getRunAsPrincipal()

If the current component has run as identity specified in its metadata, this returns the principal associated with that run as identity, else returns null

getCallerCredential

public java.lang.Object getCallerCredential()

getSubject

public javax.security.auth.Subject getSubject()

addRunAs

public void addRunAs(java.lang.String runAsIdentity,
                     SimplePrincipal callingPrincipal)

Make this principal the RunAs principal

removeRunAs

public void removeRunAs()

Remove the current RunAs principal and make the previous one, the active principal

isRunAs

public boolean isRunAs()

Does the Invocation have a RunAs Identity ?