Oracle® Access Manager Developer Guide 10g (10.1.4.2.0) Part Number E10355-01 |
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This section describes certain new features of Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and provides pointers to additional information in this book. Information from previous releases is also retained to help those users migrating to the current release.
The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Access Manager that are reflected in this book:
WebGate Rewrite
Note:
For a comprehensive list of new features and functions in Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1), and a description of where each is documented, see the chapter on What's New in Oracle Access Manager in the Oracle Access Manager Introduction.The original product name, Oblix NetPoint, has changed to Oracle Access Manager. Most component names remain the same. However, there are several important changes that you should know about, as shown in the following table:
All legacy references in the product or documentation should be understood to connote the new names.
The support features described in this section reflect the results of the Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) globalization process with emphasis on multibyte support through the use of Unicode to enable processing of internationalized data and the impact on older environments that you upgrade.
Multibyte support and XML encoding
Identifies behavior with 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and earlier versions and backward compatibility with encoding in requests and responses; examples are included.
See Also:
"XML Start Tag" , "Types of IdentityXML Functions" , and "Formatting an IdentityXML Response" .Multibyte support and IdentityXML Functions and Parameters
Illustrates UTF-8 encoding for multibyte support in several examples
See Also:
"Common Functions".Multibyte support and IdentityXML
Identifies behavior with 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and earlier versions and backward compatibility with XML pages, SOAP/IdentityXML requests, and Identity Event Plug-in data sent to executables.
See Also:
"About the Identity Event Plug-in API".Multibyte support and the Access Manager SDK, Access Manager APIs, Custom AccessGates
Identifies behavior with 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and earlier versions and backward compatibility with the Access Manager SDK, Access Manager APIs, and custom AccessGates
Multibyte support and Custom C Authorization Plug-in Interfaces identifies behavior with 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and earlier versions and backward compatibility with custom C authorization plug-ins and interfaces
The code for WebGates has been rewritten so that WebGates and AccessGates share the same code base.
A new lazyload method has been added to the ObUserSession constructor in the Access Manager API as a result of this rewrite
See Also:
"Methods (ObUserSession, C++)" , "Functions (ObUserSession, C)", "Methods (ObUserSessionMgd, C#)", "Constructors (ObUserSession, Java)".New diagnostics have been added as a result of this rewrite.
See Also:
"Methods (ObDiagnostic, C)", "Methods (ObDiagnostic, C#)", "Methods (ObDiagnostic, Java)", "Methods (ObDiagnostic, C++)".New status codes have been added as a result of this rewrite.
Information on using IdentityXML to create Web services has been updated.
Code samples has been provided and explained to illustrate how to use IdentityXML Web services to make calls to a WebPass.
Two samples have been added, to show how to create a Web service call when a WebPass is protected by a WebGate and when a WebPass is not protected by a WebGate.
Older information on creating a Java proxy object has been removed.
The chapter on IdentityXML functions and parameters contains new information on configuring challenge phrases and challenge responses. Other updates have been made to remove old information and to clarify the remaining information.
This chapter describes how to configure Add, Delete, Replace, and Replace_All operations on individual and multiple challenge-and-response pairs.
The information on pre-6.5 IdentityXML syntax has been removed.
In the same chapter, information has been reorganized. The discussion of attribute and search parameters now appears before the discussion of functions.
IdentityXML examples have been updated to reflect the post-6.5, WSDL-compatible syntax.
See Also:
"IdentityXML Functions and Parameters".The chapter on the authorization plug-in API contains information on the ability to make an external call for data to be used in authorization. Ordinarily, authorization information flows from the Access Server to the AccessGate. An external call for data can obtain external authorization information that the AccessGate can send to the Access Server. This call does not return an error, however, if the returned value is null.
A note has been added to the section on the C API.
See Also:
"C Constant Definitions".A cross-reference has also been added to information on GetRequestContext
in the section on managed code.
In the same chapter, information has been reorganized. The discussion of attribute and search parameters now appears before the discussion of functions.
See Also:
"Managed Code Interfaces".