Authentication Web Service API

The Authentication Web Service includes the following Java programming packages:

• com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc is a client API for external Java applications to send SASL requests and receive SASL responses.

• com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism defines an interface to handle different SASL mechanisms.

• com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.protocol contains classes that represent the SASL request and response.

Together, the packages are used to initiate the authentication process and communicate authentication credentials to the Authentication Web Service. For more information, see the Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Java API Reference and the Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Developer’s Guide.