Oracle Entitlements Server for Java API Reference: Class SecurityRuntime

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Oracle Entitlements Server for Java API Reference

com.bea.security
Class SecurityRuntime

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.bea.security.SecurityRuntime

public class SecurityRuntime
extends java.lang.Object

The SecurityRuntime class provides a way to query the runtime for its capabilities and to create instances of policy domains for use in an application, as well as fetch several other application level resources.

Author:: Copyright © 2004-2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Method Summary
`boolean`	`doesPolicyDomainExist(java.lang.String policydomainname)` Determines if a specific policy domain exists.
`AuthenticIdentity`	`getAnonymousIdentity()` Gets the `AuthenticIdentity` of the ANONYMOUS user.
`static SecurityRuntime`	`getInstance()` Gets a reference to the instance of the security runtime.
`NamingAuthorityManager`	`getNamingAuthorityManager()` Gets the naming authority manager for this runtime.
`PolicyDomain`	`getPolicyDomain(java.lang.String policydomainname)` Gets the policy domain associated with the name requested.
`static void`	`initialize(AppConfig config)` Initializes the runtime according to the application specific configuration provided.
`static void`	`shutdown()` Shuts down the runtime and returns it to a pre-initialized state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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hashCode, 
notify, 
notifyAll, 
toString, 
wait, 
wait, 
wait

Method Detail

initialize

public static void initialize(AppConfig config)
                       throws ParameterException

Initializes the runtime according to the application specific configuration provided.

Parameters:: config - an AppConfig object that contains configuration information for this runtime.
Throws:: ServiceNotAvailableException - if initialization did not succeed.

shutdown

public static void shutdown()

Shuts down the runtime and returns it to a pre-initialized state.

getInstance

public static SecurityRuntime getInstance()

Gets a reference to the instance of the security runtime.

Returns:: a reference to the SecurityRuntime for this application.

getAnonymousIdentity

public AuthenticIdentity getAnonymousIdentity()

Gets the AuthenticIdentity of the ANONYMOUS user.

Returns:: the AuthenticIdentity used by the ANONYMOUS user.

doesPolicyDomainExist

public boolean doesPolicyDomainExist(java.lang.String policydomainname)

Determines if a specific policy domain exists.

Parameters:: policydomainname - the policy domain name as a String.
Returns:: true if the policy domain is known by the runtime; otherwise, returns false.

getPolicyDomain

public PolicyDomain getPolicyDomain(java.lang.String policydomainname)
                             throws ParameterException

Gets the policy domain associated with the name requested.

Parameters:: policydomainname - the name of the policy domain being requested.
Returns:: the PolicyDomain object that contains services for the domain requested.

getNamingAuthorityManager

public NamingAuthorityManager getNamingAuthorityManager()

Gets the naming authority manager for this runtime.

Returns:: a reference to the NamingAuthorityManager for this runtime. All names are managed according to the authorities registered to this manager.