Package org.jboss.security

Interface SecurityContext

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, SecurityManagerLocator, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

JBossSecurityContext

public interface SecurityContext
extends SecurityManagerLocator, Serializable, Cloneable

Encapsulation of Authentication, Authorization, Mapping and other security aspects at the level of a security domain

Since:

Aug 24, 2006

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Anil Saldhana

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<String,Object>	getData()	Context Map
RunAs	getIncomingRunAs()	RunAs that is being propagated into this context by an external context setIncomingRunAs(RunAs)
RunAs	getOutgoingRunAs()	RunAs Representation setOutgoingRunAs(RunAs)
String	getSecurityDomain()	Return the Security Domain
ISecurityManagement	getSecurityManagement()	Get the SecurityManagement object to get hold of the various managers
SubjectInfo	getSubjectInfo()	Subject Info
SecurityContextUtil	getUtil()	Return a utility that is a facade to the internal storage mechanism of the Security Context This utility can be used to store information like roles etc in an implementation specific way
void	setIncomingRunAs(RunAs runAs)	Set the RunAs that is propagating into this context.
void	setOutgoingRunAs(RunAs runAs)	Set the current RunAs for the security context that will be propagated out to other security context.
void	setSecurityDomain(String domain)	Sets the security domain.
void	setSecurityManagement(ISecurityManagement ism)	Set the SecurityManagement holder
void	setSubjectInfo(SubjectInfo si)	Subject Info

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.security.SecurityManagerLocator

getAuditManager, getAuthenticationManager, getAuthorizationManager, getIdentityTrustManager, getMappingManager

Method Detail

getSecurityManagement

ISecurityManagement getSecurityManagement()

Get the SecurityManagement object to get hold of the various managers

Returns:

setSecurityManagement

void setSecurityManagement(ISecurityManagement ism)

Set the SecurityManagement holder

Parameters:

ism -

getData

Map<String,Object> getData()

Context Map

getSecurityDomain

String getSecurityDomain()

Return the Security Domain

setSecurityDomain

void setSecurityDomain(String domain)

Sets the security domain.

Parameters:

domain - a String representing the security domain.

getSubjectInfo

SubjectInfo getSubjectInfo()

Subject Info

See Also:

SecurityContextUtil.getSubject(), SecurityContextUtil.createSubjectInfo(java.security.Principal, Object, javax.security.auth.Subject)

setSubjectInfo

void setSubjectInfo(SubjectInfo si)

Subject Info

See Also:

SecurityContextUtil.getSubject(), SecurityContextUtil.createSubjectInfo(java.security.Principal, Object, javax.security.auth.Subject)

getIncomingRunAs

RunAs getIncomingRunAs()

RunAs that is being propagated into this context by an external context setIncomingRunAs(RunAs)

setIncomingRunAs

void setIncomingRunAs(RunAs runAs)

Set the RunAs that is propagating into this context.

Parameters:

runAs - The RunAs

getOutgoingRunAs

RunAs getOutgoingRunAs()

RunAs Representation setOutgoingRunAs(RunAs)

setOutgoingRunAs

void setOutgoingRunAs(RunAs runAs)

Set the current RunAs for the security context that will be propagated out to other security context. RunAs coming into this security context needs to be done from SecurityContextUtil.getCallerRunAs/setCallerRunAs

Parameters:

runAs -

getUtil

SecurityContextUtil getUtil()

Return a utility that is a facade to the internal storage mechanism of the Security Context This utility can be used to store information like roles etc in an implementation specific way

Returns: