provider-config (Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Developer's Guide)

Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Developer's Guide

provider-config

Specifies a configuration for one message security provider.

Although the request-policy and response-policy subelements are optional, the provider-config element does nothing if they are not specified.

Use property subelements to configure provider-specific properties. Property values are passed to the provider when its initialize method is called.

Superelements

message-security-config (sun-acc.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the provider-config element.

Table A–85 provider-config Subelements


Element	Required	Description
request-policy	zero or one	Defines the authentication policy requirements of the authentication provider’s request processing.
response-policy	zero or one	Defines the authentication policy requirements of the authentication provider’s response processing.
property (with attributes)	zero or more	Specifies a property or a variable.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the provider-config element.

Table A–86 provider-config Attributes


Attribute	Default	Description
`provider-id`	none	Specifies the provider ID.
`provider-type`	none	Specifies whether the provider is a `client`, `server`, or `client-server` authentication provider.
`class-name`	none	Specifies the Java implementation class of the provider. Client authentication providers must implement the `com.sun.enterprise.security.jauth.ClientAuthModule` interface. Server authentication providers must implement the `com.sun.enterprise.security.jauth.ServerAuthModule` interface. Client-server providers must implement both interfaces.