HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse are available with Distributed Authentication User Interface (6677966)

Patch 5 allows you to access the HttpServletRequest object and modify the HttpServletResponse object through a custom authentication module for Access Manager 7.1 server deployments with the Distributed Authentication User Interface (DAUI), as well as for Access Manager 7.1 server deployments without the DAUI.

To use this new feature, you must modify your existing custom authentication modules using the authentication SPI framework. (If you don't want to use this feature, your existing custom authentication modules do not need to be modified. The current APIs for getHttpServletRequest and getHttpServletResponse will continue to be supported but only for Access Manager 7.1 server deployments without the DAUI.)

Changes to custom authentication modules include both JAVA class files and callback XML files. No UI changes are required. Patch 5 adds these new callbacks:

• HttpRequestCallback: equivalent to the container HttpServletRequest object

• HttpResponseCallback: equivalent to the container HttpServletResponse object

For more information, see the Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Developer’s Guide.