Package com.sun.xml.ws.api.security.trust

Interface STSAttributeProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSTSAttributeProvider

public interface STSAttributeProvider

This interface is a plugin for attrinute services to a Security Token Service (STS). An attribute service provides the attributes about a requestor. The attributes are included in the issued toekn for the requestor using with the target servicce for authentication and authorization purpose. The usual services mechanism is used to find implementing class of STSAttributeProvider.

Author:

Jiandong Guo

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NAME_IDENTIFIER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<QName,List<String>>	getClaimedAttributes(Subject subject, String appliesTo, String tokenType, Claims claims)	Returns the map of claimed attributes of the requestor apply to the targeted service.

Field Details

NAME_IDENTIFIER

static final String NAME_IDENTIFIER

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getClaimedAttributes

Map<QName,List<String>> getClaimedAttributes(Subject subject,
 String appliesTo,
 String tokenType,
 Claims claims)

Returns the map of claimed attributes of the requestor apply to the targeted service.

Parameters:

subject - The Subject contgaining authentication information and context of the authenticated requestor.

appliesTo - Identifying target service(s)

tokenType - Type of token to be issued which will contain these attributes.

claims - Identifying the attributes of the requestor claimed by the target service.

Returns:

map of attribut key and values. The key of the map is a QName contains the key name the the name space for the key. The value of the map is a List of String contains a list of the values. One particular value with the requestor identity to be in the issued token with key nameNAME_IDENTIFIER must be in the map.