Method Detail

• getMessageLayer

  java.lang.String getMessageLayer()

  Get the message layer name of this authentication context configuration object.

  Returns:

  The message layer name of this configuration object, or null if the configuration object pertains to an unspecified message layer.

• getAppContext

  java.lang.String getAppContext()

  Get the application context identifier of this authentication context configuration object.

  Returns:

  The String identifying the application context of this configuration object, or null if the configuration object pertains to an unspecified application context.

• getAuthContextID

  java.lang.String getAuthContextID(MessageInfo messageInfo)

  Get the authentication context identifier corresponding to the request and response objects encapsulated in messageInfo.

  Parameters:

  messageInfo - A contextual Object that encapsulates the client request and server response objects.

  Returns:

  The authentication context identifier corresponding to the encapsulated request and response objects, or null.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the type of the message objects incorporated in messageInfo are not compatible with the message types supported by this authentication context configuration object.

• refresh

  void refresh()

  Causes a dynamic authentication context configuration object to update the internal state that it uses to process calls to its getAuthContext method.

  Throws:

  java.lang.SecurityException - If the caller does not have permission to refresh the configuration object, or if an error occurred during the update.

• isProtected

  boolean isProtected()

  Used to determine whether the authentication context configuration object encapsulates any protected authentication contexts.

  Returns:

  True if the configuration object encapsulates at least one protected authentication context. Otherwise, this method returns false.