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WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.security.spi
Interface ChallengeIdentityAsserter


public interface ChallengeIdentityAsserter
extends IdentityAsserter

The ChallengeIdentityAsserter interface allows Identity Assertion providers to support authentication protocols such as Microsoft's NTLM and other challenge/response authentication mechanisms.

The ChallengeIdentityAsserter interface is not currently used by WebLogic Server.

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Fields inherited from class weblogic.security.spi.IdentityAsserter
AU_TYPE, CSI_ANONYMOUS_TYPE, CSI_DISTINGUISHED_NAME_TYPE, CSI_PRINCIPAL_TYPE, CSI_X509_CERTCHAIN_TYPE, X509_TYPE
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object getChallengeToken(java.lang.String type)
          Gets the Identity Assertion provider's challenge token.
 
Methods inherited from interface weblogic.security.spi.IdentityAsserter
assertIdentity
 

Method Detail

getChallengeToken

public java.lang.Object getChallengeToken(java.lang.String type)
Gets the Identity Assertion provider's challenge token.

Parameters:
type - the type of token to use for identity assertion.

Returns:
the Identity Assertion provider's challenge token, which is null for unsupported token types.


Documentation is available at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81