Module datarush.commons

Package com.pervasive.datarush.authentication

Interface ProcessSubjectProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

KerberosSubjectProvider

public interface ProcessSubjectProvider

Provides a mechanism for acquiring process-level authentication credentials. The subject produced can be then be used as needed in contexts requiring authenticated access.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Subject	accquireCredentials(ModuleConfiguration moduleConfig, ProcessAuthenticationSettings config)	Creates a subject based on the authentication settings provided.

Method Detail

accquireCredentials

Subject accquireCredentials(ModuleConfiguration moduleConfig,
                            ProcessAuthenticationSettings config)
                     throws Exception

Creates a subject based on the authentication settings provided. It is not strictly necessary to return a Subject; this can be used to authenticate for other purposes.

Parameters:

config - authentication settings for acquiring credentials

Returns:

the authenticated subject. A value of null is permitted, in which case it is ignored.

Throws:

Exception