AbstractSecurityContext (Security Core Classes 7.0.0-M4 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.enterprise.security.common.AbstractSecurityContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.sun.enterprise.security.integration.AppServSecurityContext, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClientSecurityContext, SecurityContext
```
public abstract class AbstractSecurityContext
extends Object
implements com.sun.enterprise.security.integration.AppServSecurityContext, Serializable
```
This base class defines the methods that Security Context should exhibit. There are two places where a derived class are used. They are on the appclient side and ejb side. The derived classes can use thread local storage to store the security contexts.

Author:

Harpreet Singh

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Principal initiator

protected Subject subject

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractSecurityContext()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Principal`	`getCallerPrincipal()`	This method should be implemented by the subclasses to return the caller principal.
`abstract Subject`	`getSubject()`	This method should be implemented by the subclasses to return the Credentials of the caller principal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.enterprise.security.integration.AppServSecurityContext
getCurrentSecurityContext, newInstance, newInstance, setCurrentSecurityContext, setSecurityContextWithPrincipal, setUnauthenticatedSecurityContext

- Field Detail
  - initiator
```
protected Principal initiator
```
  - subject
```
protected Subject subject
```
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractSecurityContext
```
public AbstractSecurityContext()
```
- Method Detail
  - getCallerPrincipal
```
public abstract Principal getCallerPrincipal()
```
    This method should be implemented by the subclasses to return the caller principal. This information may be redundant since the same information can be inferred by inspecting the Credentials of the caller.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getCallerPrincipal in interface com.sun.enterprise.security.integration.AppServSecurityContext
    
    Returns:
    
    The caller Principal.
  - getSubject
```
public abstract Subject getSubject()
```
    This method should be implemented by the subclasses to return the Credentials of the caller principal.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getSubject in interface com.sun.enterprise.security.integration.AppServSecurityContext
    
    Returns:
    
    A credentials object associated with the current client invocation.