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STSAuthorizationProvider.java API Doc Example 3063 Tue May 29 16:56:30 BST 2007 com.sun.xml.ws.api.security.trust

STSAuthorizationProvider

public interface STSAuthorizationProvider

This interface is a plugin for authorization services to a Security Token Service (STS). The authorization service determines if a requestor can be issued an token to access the target service. The usual services mechanism is used to find implementing class of STSAuthorizationProvider.

author: Jiandong Guo

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public boolean isAuthorized(javax.security.auth.Subject subject, java.lang.String appliesTo, java.lang.String tokenType, java.lang.String keyType)
Returns true if the requestor identified by the Subject can access the the target service.
param
subject The Subject contgaining authentication information and context of the authenticated requestor.
param
appliesTo Identifying target service(s)
param
tokenType Type of token to be issued.
param
keyType Type of key to be issued
return
true ot false.