Interface ClientAuthConfig

All Superinterfaces:

AuthConfig

public interface ClientAuthConfig
extends AuthConfig

Client-side authentication configuration obtained from an AuthConfigProvider. A ClientAuthConfig provides the configuration needed to create a ClientAuthContext for authenticating outbound requests.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClientAuthContext	getAuthContext(String authContextID, Subject clientSubject, Map<String,Object> properties)	Creates a ClientAuthContext for the specified authentication context ID.

Methods inherited from interface AuthConfig

getAppContext, getAuthContextID, getMessageLayer, isProtected, refresh

Method Details

getAuthContext

ClientAuthContext getAuthContext(String authContextID,
 Subject clientSubject,
 Map<String,Object> properties)
                          throws AuthException

Creates a ClientAuthContext for the specified authentication context ID.

Parameters:

authContextID - the authentication context ID

clientSubject - the subject representing the client, to be populated upon successful authentication

properties - additional configuration properties

Returns:

the ClientAuthContext, or null if the authContextID is not recognized

Throws:

AuthException - if an error occurs while creating the context