Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

Public Interfaces

The following list describes the public APIs you can use to deploy Liberty-enabled components or extend the core services. Packages that are part of a web service that has a GUI are described in the corresponding chapters of this book. Packages that are used solely on the back end are described in this chapter. Links to those sections are also provided. For more information, including methods and their syntax and parameters, see the Java API Reference in /AccessManager-base/SUNWam/docs or on docs.sun.com.

Table 11–1 Access Manager Public APIs


Package Name	Description
`com.sun.identity.federation.plugins`	Provides interfaces which can be implemented to allow applications to customize their actions before and after invoking the federation protocols. See Chapter 3, Federation.
`com.sun.identity.federation.services`	Provides interfaces for writing custom plug-ins that can be used during the federation or single sign-on process. See Chapter 3, Federation.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc`	Provides classes to manage the Authentication Web Service. See Chapter 6, Authentication Web Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism`	Provides an interface to process incoming Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) requests and generate SASL responses for the different SASL mechanisms. See Chapter 6, Authentication Web Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.protocol`	Provides classes to manage the Authentication Web Service protocol. See Chapter 6, Authentication Web Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.common`	Defines common classes used by many of the Access Manager Liberty-based web service components. See Common Service Interfaces.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.common.wsse`	Provides an interface to parse and create an X.509 Certificate Token Profile. See Common Service Interfaces.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.disco`	Provides interfaces to manage the Discovery Service. See Chapter 8, Discovery Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.disco.plugins`	Provides a plug-in interface for the Discovery Service. See Chapter 8, Discovery Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.dst`	Provides classes to implement an identity service on top of the Access Manager framework. See Chapter 7, Data Services for information about a service built using this API.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.dst.service`	Provides a handler class that can be used by any generic identity data service. See Chapter 7, Data Services for information on data services.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.idpp.plugin`	Defines plug-in interfaces for the Liberty Personal Profile Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.interaction`	Provides classes to support the Liberty-based Interaction RequestRedirect Profile. See Interaction Service.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.interfaces`	Provides interfaces common to all Access Manager Liberty-based web service components. See Chapter 7, Data Services and Chapter 8, Discovery Service for information about default implementations. See Common Service Interfaces for more general information.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.paos`	Provides classes for web applications to construct and process PAOS requests and responses. See PAOS Binding.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.security`	Provides an interface to manage Liberty-based web service security mechanisms. See Common Security API.
`com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.soapbinding`	Provides classes to construct SOAP requests and responses and to change the contact point for the SOAP binding. See Chapter 9, SOAP Binding Service.
`com.sun.identity.saml`	Provides an SPI in which proprietary XML signature implementations can be plugged in. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.identity.saml.assertion`	Provides classes that manage assertions and profiles. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.identity.saml.common`	Provides classes common to all SAML elements. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.identity.saml.plugins`	Provides SPIs to integrate SAML into custom services. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.identity.saml.protocol`	Provides classes that parse the XML messages used to exchange assertions and information. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.identity.saml.xmlsig`	Provides an SPI in which proprietary XML signature implementations can be plugged in. See Chapter 10, SAML Administration.
`com.sun.liberty`	Provides interfaces common to the Access Manager Federation Management module. See Chapter 3, Federation.