Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.security Package

The com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.security package includes the SecurityTokenProvider interface for managing Web Service Security (WSS) type tokens. The following table describes the classes used to manage Liberty-based security mechanisms.

Table 10–4 com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.security Classes

Class 

Description 

ProxySubject

Represents the identity of a proxy, the confirmation key, and confirmation obligation the proxy must possess and demonstrate for authentication purposes. 

ResourceAccessStatement

Conveys information regarding the accessing entities and the resource for which access is being attempted. 

SecurityAssertion

Provides an extension to the Assertion class to support ID-WSF ResourceAccessStatement and SessionContextStatement.

SecurityTokenManager

An entry class for the security package com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.security. You can call its methods to generate X.509 and SAML tokens for message authentication or authorization. It is designed as a provider model, so different implementations can be plugged in if the default implementation does not meet your requirements.

SecurityUtils

Defines methods that are used to get certificates and sign messages. 

SessionContext

Represents the session status of an entity to another system entity. 

SessionContextStatement

Conveys the session status of an entity to another system entity within the body of an <saml:assertion> element.

SessionSubject

Represents a Liberty subject with its associated session status. 

For more information, including methods and their syntax and parameters, see the Java API Reference in /AccessManager-base/SUNWam/docs or on docs.sun.com.