ddf.security.service

Interface SecurityManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

SecurityManagerImpl

public interface SecurityManager

Service that is used to perform security operations by endpoints. Currently allows them to exchange a token for a subject.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Subject	getSubject(Object token) Exchanges an authentication token for a subject.

Method Detail

getSubject

Subject getSubject(Object token)
            throws SecurityServiceException

Exchanges an authentication token for a subject. The Subject contains a security assertion which can be used to obtain information about the current credentials.

Parameters:

token - An object containing information about the user that can be used to populate the subject.

Returns:

the Subject corresponding to the provided security token

Throws:

SecurityServiceException - if an error occurs during the authentication process